Trade Insulation as Social Protection

In a world with volatile food prices, countries have an incentive to shelter their populations from induced real income shocks. When some agents are net food producers while others are net consumers, there is scope for insurance between the two gro...

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Main Authors: Do, Quy-Toan, Levchenko, Andrei A., Ravallion, Martin
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/05/17721206/trade-insulation-social-protection
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15588