Are Low Food Prices Pro-Poor? Net Food Buyers and Sellers in Low-Income Countries

There is a general consensus that most of the poor in developing countries are net food buyers and food price increases are bad for the poor. This could be expected of urban poor, but it is also often attributed to the rural poor. Recent food price...

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Main Authors:	Aksoy, M. Ataman, Isik-Dikmelik, Aylin
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL INCOMES AGRICULTURAL INPUTS AGRICULTURAL POLICIES AGRICULTURAL POLICY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL SECTORS AGRICULTURAL WAGE AGRICULTURAL WAGES AGRICULTURE AVERAGE INCOMES BENEFICIARIES BUYER CASH CROP INCOME CASH CROPS COMMODITIES COMMODITY CONSUMER CONSUMER GOODS CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMERS CONSUMPTION BASKET CROP YIELDS DATA SETS DATES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ISSUES DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC REVIEW EMPIRICAL QUESTION EXPENDITURE DATA FARM ACTIVITIES FARM ACTIVITY FARM INCOMES FARM PRODUCTIVITY FARMERS FARMING ACTIVITIES FOOD AID FOOD AID PROGRAMS FOOD BASKET FOOD BUYERS FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD CROP FOOD CROP PRODUCTION FOOD CROPS FOOD EXPENDITURES FOOD INTAKE FOOD ITEMS FOOD NEEDS FOOD OUTPUT FOOD POLICY FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCERS FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD PRODUCTS FOOD SALES FOOD SECURITY FOOD STAPLES FOOD SURPLUS FOOD SURPLUSES FOODS GROUNDNUT HIGHER INCIDENCE OF POVERTY HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSING INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME FROM CASH CROPS INCOME LEVEL INCOME LEVELS INCOME ON FOOD INCOME SOURCE INCOME SOURCES LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LAND HOLDINGS LATIN AMERICAN LIVESTOCK INCOME LIVING STANDARDS LIVING STANDARDS SURVEY LOW INCOME LOW INCOMES LOW-INCOME LOWER INCOMES MAIZE MARKETING PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA INCOMES POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POOR COUNTRIES POOR GROUPS POOR HOUSEHOLD POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR RURAL HOUSEHOLD POORER HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY INDEX POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY REDUCTION PRICE CHANGES PURCHASES QUESTIONNAIRE REAL INCOMES REGIONAL DIFFERENCES RELATIVE PRICES RESEARCH ASSISTANCE RICE RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITY RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL ECONOMY RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL INCOMES RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATIONS RURAL POVERTY RURAL SECTOR SMALL FARMERS SOURCES OF INCOME SPICES STAPLE FOODS SUBSISTENCE TARGETED TRANSFERS URBAN AREAS URBAN HOUSEHOLDS URBAN POPULATION URBAN POPULATIONS VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS WELFARE MONITORING WHEAT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/06/9496843/low-food-prices-pro-poor-net-food-buyers-sellers-low-income-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6660