Latest

• Bai, Y., R. Alemu, S.A. Block, D. Headey and W.A. Masters, W.A., 2020. Cost and affordability of nutritious diets at retail prices: Evidence from 177 countries. Food Policy (e101983). [pdf]
• Raghunathan, K., D. Headey and A. Herforth (2020), Affordability of nutritious diets in rural India.  Food Policy, in press (e101982).
• Herforth, A. (2020). Three Billion People Cannot Afford Healthy Diets. What Does This Mean for the Next Green Revolution?  CSIS, Washington, 23 Sept. 2020.
• Schneider, K. & Herforth, A. 2020. Software tools for practical application of human nutrient requirements in food-based social science research. Working paper, 24 Aug 2020.
• Herforth, A., Y. Bai, A. Venkat, K. Mahrt, A. Ebel & W.A. Masters (2020). Cost and affordability of healthy diets across and within countries. Background paper for the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2020. FAO Agricultural Development Economics Technical Study No. 9. Rome: FAO (108 pages).
  • Full report: fao.org/publications/sofi

Summary briefs & blog posts

• Bai, Y. and W.A. Masters (2020), Retail food prices at purchasing power parity exchange rates. World Bank data blog, 26 May 2020.
• Masters, W.A., Y. Bai, K. Hirvonen and D. Headey (2019), Can the world’s poor afford a healthy diet?  VoxDev column, 13 Dec. 2019.
• Masters, W.A. (2019), Cost of nutritious diets as a policy indicator.  One-page brief for USAID Feed the Future policy listening sessions, 28 October 2019.

Journal articles

• Raghunathan, K., D. Headey and A. Herforth (2020), Affordability of nutritious diets in rural India.  Food Policy, in press (e101982).
  
• Hirvonen, K., Y. Bai, D. Headey and W.A. Masters (2020), Affordability of the EAT–Lancet reference diet: a global analysis.  Lancet Global Health, 8(1): e59-e66.  [media, tv, webinar, cover, 2-pager]
  
• Dizon, F., A. Herforth and Z. Wang (2019), The cost of a nutritious diet in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.  Global Food Security 21(June): 38-51. [funded by SAFANSI, gated but preprint here]
• Masters, W.A., Y. Bai, A. Herforth, D. Sarpong, F. Mishili, J. Kinabo, and J.C. Coates (2018), Measuring the Affordability of Nutritious Diets in Africa: Price Indexes for Diet Diversity and the Cost of Nutrient Adequacy.  American Journal of Agricultural Economics 100(5, October): 1285-1301. [replication file]

Working papers

• Bai, Y., R. Alemu, S.A. Block, D. Headey and W.A. Masters (2020), Cost and affordability of nutritious diets at retail prices: Evidence from 177 countries.  Working Paper, 1 Aug. 2020
• Herforth, A., Bai, Y., Venkat, A., Mahrt, K., Ebel, A. & Masters, W.A. 2020. Cost and affordability of healthy diets across and within countries. Background paper for The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2020. Rome, FAO.
• Raghunathan, K., D. Headey and A. Herforth, Affordability of Nutritious Diets in Rural India. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1912, March 2020.
• Bai, Y., W.A. Masters, F.J. Mishili and D.B. Sarpong (2019), Impacts of Agricultural and Trade Policy on the Cost of Nutritious Diets in Ghana and Tanzania.  AERC Framework Paper for the project on Agricultural and Food Policy Analysis for Nutrition Outcomes (AFPON).
• Mahrt, K., D.L. Mather, A. Herforth, and D. Headey (2019). Household dietary patterns and the cost of a nutritious diet in Myanmar. Discussion Paper 1854.  Washington, DC: IFPRI.
• Masters, W.A. (2018), Bibliography of least-cost diet research.  Boston, MA: Tufts University (5 pages, 23 August 2018).

Comparison of methods

• Herforth, A.W. and W.A. Masters (2019), Indicators and tools for the cost of nutritious diets.  Informational booklet for ANH Academy (6 pages, 15 June 2019).
• Cost of Nutritious Diets Consortium (2018). Indicators and tools for the cost of nutritious diets.  Boston, MA: Tufts University (13 pages, 31 May 2018).

Abstracts

• Abstracts selected for ASN, June 2020:
  • Schneider, K., Christiaensen, L., Webb, P. and Masters, W., 2020. The Cost of Nutritious Diets for Individuals and Households in Rural Malawi. Current Developments in Nutrition, 4(S2), 904.
• Abstracts selected for ASN, June 2019:
  • Bai, Y. and W.A. Masters, “Heterogeneity in the Cost of Nutrient Adequacy by Age, Sex, Pregnancy or Lactation Status and Other Influences on Individual Requirements in Malawi.” Current Developments in Nutrition, 3 (S1): nzz034.OR21-04-19.
  • Schneider, K. and W.A. Masters, “Nutrient Adequacy at the Household Level and the Cost of Nutritious Diets in Malawi.”  Current Developments in Nutrition, 3 (S1): nzz034.P10-055-19.
  • Herforth, A., W.A. Masters, Y. Bai and D. Sarpong, “The Cost of Recommended Diets: Development and Application a Food Price Index Based on Food-Based Dietary Guidelines.” Current Developments in Nutrition, 3 (S1): nzz034.P10-033-19.
• Abstracts selected for ASN, June 2018:
  • Bai, Y., E. Naumova and W.A. Masters, “Seasonality in the Cost of Nutritious Diets versus Caloric Adequacy in Tanzania“.  Current Developments in Nutrition, Volume 2(11):nzy039 (OR37-03). See also slides for ASN &  ICABR.