Can We Rely on Cash Transfers to Protect Dietary Diversity during Food Crises? Estimates from Indonesia

The 2008 "food price crisis" and more recent spikes in food prices have led to a greater focus on policies and programs to cushion their impact on poverty and malnutrition. Estimating the income elasticity of micro-nutrients and assessing...

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Main Authors:	Skoufias, Emmanuel, Tiwari, Sailesh, Zaman, Hassan
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ADVERSE EFFECTS AGGREGATE MEASURE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ASCORBIC ACID CA CALCIUM CALORIE INCOME CALORIE INTAKE CARBOHYDRATE CARBOHYDRATES CAROTENE CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS CASH TRANSFERS CEREALS CHEAPER FOOD CONSUMER GOODS CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES COOKING CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA DAIRY DATA SET DEMAND FOR FOOD DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIET DIETARY INTAKES DRINKING WATER ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW ECONOMIC SHOCKS ECONOMIC STUDIES ECONOMIC SURVEYS ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMIES OF SCALE EGGS ELASTICITY EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ENGEL CURVE ENGEL CURVES ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS FARM HOUSEHOLDS FATS FEEDING PROGRAMS FINANCIAL CRISIS FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD DISTRIBUTION FOOD EXPENDITURE FOOD EXPENDITURES FOOD INTAKE FOOD ITEMS FOOD POLICY FOOD POLICY RESEARCH FOOD PREFERENCES FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICE INDEX FOOD PRICES FOOD SECURITY FOOD SHARE FOOD TRANSFERS FRUITS FUTURE RESEARCH GRAINS HETEROSKEDASTICITY HIGH CONCENTRATION HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD FOOD INSECURITY HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUNGER IMPACT ON POVERTY INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME EFFECT INCOME ELASTICITY INCOME ELASTICITY OF DEMAND INCOME GROUPS INCOME ON FOOD INCOME SUPPORT INCOMES INEQUALITY INFLATION RATE INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRON LINEAR REGRESSION MALNUTRITION MEASUREMENT ERROR MEASUREMENT ERRORS MEAT MICRONUTRIENTS NEGATIVE SIGN NOMINAL INCOME 0 HYPOTHESIS NUTRIENT NUTRIENT CONTENT NUTRITION POLICY NUTRITIONAL OUTCOMES NUTRITIONAL STATUS NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTATION PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY PERSPECTIVE POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POOR RURAL HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY LINE POVERTY REDUCTION PREPARED FOODS PRICE CHANGES PRICE INCREASES PRICE SUBSIDIES PROTEIN PULSES PURCHASING POWER REAL INCOME REGIONAL INEQUALITY REGRESSION ANALYSIS RELATIVE PRICES RICE RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL CONSUMERS SAFETY NET PROGRAMS SEASONINGS SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES SIGNIFICANT IMPACT SMOOTHING CONSUMPTION SOCIAL SAFETY SOFT DRINKS STAPLE FOODS STARCHES SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING TRANSACTION COSTS TUBERS UNDERNUTRITION VEGETABLES VITAMIN VITAMIN A VITAMIN B VITAMIN C VITAMINS
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