Measuring famine
How do you measure a famine? Following the UN鈥檚 recent announcement that famine conditions have ended in Somalia, More or Less explores what the definition of a famine is 鈥�...
How do you measure a famine? Following the UN鈥檚 recent announcement that famine conditions have ended in Somalia, More or Less explores what the definition of a famine is 鈥� and how definite a definition it is. Tim Harford hears from Grainne Moloney, head of the UN鈥檚 Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit and Professor Stephen Devereux from the Institute of Development Studies. Also in the programme: Muhammed Ali鈥檚 boxing trainer, Angelo Dundee, was arguably one of sport鈥檚 greatest behind-the-scenes figures. But did he really deliberately tear Ali鈥檚 boxing glove to win the star crucial recovery time in his 1963 fight against Sir Henry Cooper? Tim Harford gets out his stopwatch for a simple exercise in counting. This programme was originally broadcast on the 麻豆社 World Service.
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Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics used in everyday life.
