Food Security and Wheat Prices in Afghanistan : A Distribution-sensitive Analysis of Household-level Impacts

This paper investigates the impact of increases in wheat flour prices on household food security using unique nationally-representative data collected in Afghanistan from 2007 to 2008. It uses a new estimator, the Unconditional Quantile Regression...

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Main Authors:	D'Souza, Anna, Jolliffe, Dean
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO FOOD ACCESS TO MARKETS ACCESS TO SERVICES AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURE AVERAGE PRICES BREAD CALORIC INTAKE CALORIE INTAKE CALORIES PER DAY CALORIES PER PERSON CALORIES PER PERSON PER DAY CENTRAL REGION CHILD NUTRITION COMMODITY PRICE COMMODITY PRICES CONDIMENTS CONFLICT CONSUMPTION QUINTILES COOKING DIETARY DIVERSITY DRINKING WATER DROUGHT DURABLE GOODS ECONOMIC SHOCK ECONOMIC SHOCKS FEMALE HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS FOOD AID FOOD COMPOSITION FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD CONSUMPTION DATA FOOD CONSUMPTION PATTERNS FOOD EXPENDITURE FOOD INSECURITY FOOD INTAKE FOOD ITEMS FOOD NEEDS FOOD POLICY FOOD POVERTY FOOD POVERTY LINE FOOD PREFERENCES FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICE INFLATION FOOD PRICES FOOD QUANTITY FOOD SECURITY FOODS FRUIT GRAINS HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSING IFPRI INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INVENTORY LAMB MALNUTRITION MARKET ACCESS MARKET PRICE MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES MILK MOUNTAINOUS AREAS MOUNTAINOUS COUNTRY NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY LINE NATIONAL POVERTY RATE NUTRIENT ABSORPTION NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL CONSEQUENCES NUTRITIONAL STATUS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR INFRASTRUCTURE POORER HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY LINE POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY STATUS PRICE CHANGES PRICE EFFECT PRICE INCREASE PRICE INCREASES PRICE INDEX PULSES PURCHASING RETAIL RETAIL PRICES RICE RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL INEQUALITY RURAL POOR RURAL REHABILITATION SAFETY NET SPICES STAPLE FOODS STOCKS SUBSISTENCE SUBSISTENCE FARMERS SUBSTITUTE SUGAR SUPPLIERS TARGETING TRANSACTION COSTS VEGETABLES VOLATILITY VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT VULNERABLE GROUPS VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS WAGE EARNERS WAGE PREMIUM WFP WHEAT WHEAT FLOUR WHEAT MARKETS WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/04/16204162/food-security-wheat-prices-afghanistan-distribution-sensitive-analysis-household-level-impacts http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6027

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/04/16204162/food-security-wheat-prices-afghanistan-distribution-sensitive-analysis-household-level-impacts
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6027

Food Security and Wheat Prices in Afghanistan : A Distribution-sensitive Analysis of Household-level Impacts

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