the 1996 WFS signatories relates to the initiatives they have taken
to promote FNS. This study therefore intends to answer the
following question: does human and socioeconomic development
explain international differences in FNS public initiatives and
monitoring across signatory countries of the 1996 World Food
Summit? The objective is to evaluate relationships between FNS
public initiatives and selected socio-economic variables within the
signatories of the 1996 WFS, based on mapping and characterizing
FNS public policies and diagnostics.