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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
The Impact of Rising Food Prices on the Poor
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| Autores: |
Zezza, Alberto
Davis, Benjamin
Azzarri, Carlo
Covarrubias, Katia
Tasciotti, Luca
Anriquez, Gustavo
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| Data: |
2009-06-29
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| Ano: |
2009
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| Palavras-chave: |
Food prices
Poverty
Welfare
Agricultural and Food Policy
Consumer/Household Economics
Demand and Price Analysis
Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
Food Security and Poverty
I3
O12
Q1
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| Resumo: |
This paper analyzes the household level impact of an increase in price of major tradable staple foods in a cross section of developing countries, using nationally representative household surveys. We find that, in the short term, poorer households and households with limited asset endowments and access to agricultural inputs will be hit the hardest by the price shock. Given the ample degree of heterogeneity among households and among the poor, the analysis emphasizes the importance of meaningful policy research to go beyond average impacts to look at how access to assets and inputs, livelihood strategies and other key household characteristics drive the magnitude and distribution of the effects of the price increases.
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| Tipo: |
Conference Paper or Presentation
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://purl.umn.edu/51696
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| Relação: |
International Association of Agricultural Economists>2009 Conference, August 16-22, 2009, Beijing, China
Contributed Paper
596
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| Formato: |
37
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