Using mobile phone data helps estimate community-level food insecurity: Findings from a multi-year panel study in Nepal

Lichen Liang; Robin Shrestha; Shibani Ghosh; Patrick Webb

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0241791

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Using mobile phone data helps estimate community-level food insecurity: Findings from a multi-year panel study in Nepal

Lichen Liang,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Nutrition, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4212-8892

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Robin Shrestha,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Nutrition, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Shibani Ghosh,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Nutrition, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Patrick Webb

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: Patrick.webb@tufts.edu

Affiliations Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Nutrition, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Using mobile phone data helps estimate community-level food insecurity: Findings from a multi-year panel study in Nepal

Lichen Liang,
Robin Shrestha,
Shibani Ghosh,
Patrick Webb

Published: November 5, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241791

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