Implications of Higher Global Food Prices for Poverty in Low-Income Countries
In many poor countries, the recent increases in prices of staple foods raise the real incomes of those selling food, many of whom are relatively poor, while hurting net food consumers, many of whom are also relatively poor. The impacts on poverty w...
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okr-10986-67232021-04-23T14:02:31Z Implications of Higher Global Food Prices for Poverty in Low-Income Countries Ivanic, Maros Martin, Will ADVERSE IMPACTS AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL PRICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL WAGE AGRICULTURAL WAGES AGRICULTURAL WORKERS AVERAGE PRICES BASIC FOOD COMMODITIES CEREAL PRICES CHANGES IN POVERTY CHILD LABOR COMMODITY PRICE COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER GOODS CONSUMPTION DATA COST OF LIVING CULTURAL CHANGE CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DISTRIBUTION OF LAND DOMESTIC MARKETS DOMESTIC PRICES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC STUDIES ECONOMICS EGALITARIAN DISTRIBUTION ENERGY PRICES EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES FACTOR PRICES FAMILY FARMS FARM HOUSEHOLDS FARM PRODUCTIVITY FARMERS FINANCIAL CRISIS FOOD BUYERS FOOD COMMODITIES FOOD CONSUMERS FOOD ITEMS FOOD MARKETS FOOD POLICY FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCTS GLOBAL POVERTY HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD LIVING STANDARDS HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE IMPACT ON POVERTY INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME LEVELS INCOME QUINTILE INCREASE POVERTY INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES INFLATION INFLATION RATE INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LACK OF INFORMATION LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE LEVEL OF POVERTY LIVING CONDITIONS LONG RUN LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MARKET LIBERALIZATION MARKET PRICE MARKET PRICES MEASUREMENT OF POVERTY MILK NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY RATE NEGATIVE IMPACT NET FOOD CONSUMERS NET INCOME NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS POLICY CHANGES POLICY MEASURES POLICY OPTIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POOR POOR CONSUMERS POOR COUNTRIES POOR FARM HOUSEHOLDS POOR FARMERS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POVERTY CHANGE POVERTY COMPARISONS POVERTY GAP POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY INCREASE POVERTY INCREASES POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY OUTCOMES POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES PRICE CHANGE PRICE CHANGES PRICE INCREASE PRICE INCREASES PRICING POLICY PRICING REFORMS PRO-POOR PROGRESS PURCHASING PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY REAL INCOMES REDUCTION IN POVERTY REDUCTION OF POVERTY RESPECT RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL LABOR RURAL PEOPLE RURAL POOR RURAL POVERTY RURAL POVERTY RATE RURAL POVERTY RATES SALE SALES SMALL FARMERS SUBSISTENCE SUBSISTENCE FARMERS SUBSTITUTES SUPPLY FUNCTIONS TRADE LIBERALIZATION UNSKILLED LABOR URBAN AREAS URBAN POOR URBAN POVERTY VULNERABILITY WAGE RATES WELFARE IMPACT WORLD MARKET WORLD MARKETS In many poor countries, the recent increases in prices of staple foods raise the real incomes of those selling food, many of whom are relatively poor, while hurting net food consumers, many of whom are also relatively poor. The impacts on poverty will certainly be very diverse, but the average impact on poverty depends upon the balance between these two effects, and can only be determined by looking at real-world data. Results using household data for ten observations on nine low-income countries show that the short-run impacts of higher staple food prices on poverty differ considerably by commodity and by country, but, that poverty increases are much more frequent, and larger, than poverty reductions. The recent large increases in food prices appear likely to raise overall poverty in low income countries substantially. 2012-05-30T22:05:35Z 2012-05-30T22:05:35Z 2008-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/04/9362411/implications-higher-global-food-prices-poverty-low-income-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6723 English Policy Research Working Paper No. 4594 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research |
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ADVERSE IMPACTS AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL PRICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL WAGE AGRICULTURAL WAGES AGRICULTURAL WORKERS AVERAGE PRICES BASIC FOOD COMMODITIES CEREAL PRICES CHANGES IN POVERTY CHILD LABOR COMMODITY PRICE COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER GOODS CONSUMPTION DATA COST OF LIVING CULTURAL CHANGE CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DISTRIBUTION OF LAND DOMESTIC MARKETS DOMESTIC PRICES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC STUDIES ECONOMICS EGALITARIAN DISTRIBUTION ENERGY PRICES EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES FACTOR PRICES FAMILY FARMS FARM HOUSEHOLDS FARM PRODUCTIVITY FARMERS FINANCIAL CRISIS FOOD BUYERS FOOD COMMODITIES FOOD CONSUMERS FOOD ITEMS FOOD MARKETS FOOD POLICY FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCTS GLOBAL POVERTY HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD LIVING STANDARDS HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE IMPACT ON POVERTY INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME LEVELS INCOME QUINTILE INCREASE POVERTY INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES INFLATION INFLATION RATE INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LACK OF INFORMATION LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE LEVEL OF POVERTY LIVING CONDITIONS LONG RUN LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MARKET LIBERALIZATION MARKET PRICE MARKET PRICES MEASUREMENT OF POVERTY MILK NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY RATE NEGATIVE IMPACT NET FOOD CONSUMERS NET INCOME NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS POLICY CHANGES POLICY MEASURES POLICY OPTIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POOR POOR CONSUMERS POOR COUNTRIES POOR FARM HOUSEHOLDS POOR FARMERS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POVERTY CHANGE POVERTY COMPARISONS POVERTY GAP POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY INCREASE POVERTY INCREASES POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY OUTCOMES POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES PRICE CHANGE PRICE CHANGES PRICE INCREASE PRICE INCREASES PRICING POLICY PRICING REFORMS PRO-POOR PROGRESS PURCHASING PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY REAL INCOMES REDUCTION IN POVERTY REDUCTION OF POVERTY RESPECT RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL LABOR RURAL PEOPLE RURAL POOR RURAL POVERTY RURAL POVERTY RATE RURAL POVERTY RATES SALE SALES SMALL FARMERS SUBSISTENCE SUBSISTENCE FARMERS SUBSTITUTES SUPPLY FUNCTIONS TRADE LIBERALIZATION UNSKILLED LABOR URBAN AREAS URBAN POOR URBAN POVERTY VULNERABILITY WAGE RATES WELFARE IMPACT WORLD MARKET WORLD MARKETS |
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ADVERSE IMPACTS AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL PRICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL WAGE AGRICULTURAL WAGES AGRICULTURAL WORKERS AVERAGE PRICES BASIC FOOD COMMODITIES CEREAL PRICES CHANGES IN POVERTY CHILD LABOR COMMODITY PRICE COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER GOODS CONSUMPTION DATA COST OF LIVING CULTURAL CHANGE CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DISTRIBUTION OF LAND DOMESTIC MARKETS DOMESTIC PRICES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC STUDIES ECONOMICS EGALITARIAN DISTRIBUTION ENERGY PRICES EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES FACTOR PRICES FAMILY FARMS FARM HOUSEHOLDS FARM PRODUCTIVITY FARMERS FINANCIAL CRISIS FOOD BUYERS FOOD COMMODITIES FOOD CONSUMERS FOOD ITEMS FOOD MARKETS FOOD POLICY FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCTS GLOBAL POVERTY HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD LIVING STANDARDS HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE IMPACT ON POVERTY INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME LEVELS INCOME QUINTILE INCREASE POVERTY INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES INFLATION INFLATION RATE INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LACK OF INFORMATION LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE LEVEL OF POVERTY LIVING CONDITIONS LONG RUN LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MARKET LIBERALIZATION MARKET PRICE MARKET PRICES MEASUREMENT OF POVERTY MILK NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY RATE NEGATIVE IMPACT NET FOOD CONSUMERS NET INCOME NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS POLICY CHANGES POLICY MEASURES POLICY OPTIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POOR POOR CONSUMERS POOR COUNTRIES POOR FARM HOUSEHOLDS POOR FARMERS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POVERTY CHANGE POVERTY COMPARISONS POVERTY GAP POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY INCREASE POVERTY INCREASES POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY OUTCOMES POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES PRICE CHANGE PRICE CHANGES PRICE INCREASE PRICE INCREASES PRICING POLICY PRICING REFORMS PRO-POOR PROGRESS PURCHASING PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY REAL INCOMES REDUCTION IN POVERTY REDUCTION OF POVERTY RESPECT RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL LABOR RURAL PEOPLE RURAL POOR RURAL POVERTY RURAL POVERTY RATE RURAL POVERTY RATES SALE SALES SMALL FARMERS SUBSISTENCE SUBSISTENCE FARMERS SUBSTITUTES SUPPLY FUNCTIONS TRADE LIBERALIZATION UNSKILLED LABOR URBAN AREAS URBAN POOR URBAN POVERTY VULNERABILITY WAGE RATES WELFARE IMPACT WORLD MARKET WORLD MARKETS Ivanic, Maros Martin, Will Implications of Higher Global Food Prices for Poverty in Low-Income Countries |
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Policy Research Working Paper No. 4594 |
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In many poor countries, the recent
increases in prices of staple foods raise the real incomes
of those selling food, many of whom are relatively poor,
while hurting net food consumers, many of whom are also
relatively poor. The impacts on poverty will certainly be
very diverse, but the average impact on poverty depends upon
the balance between these two effects, and can only be
determined by looking at real-world data. Results using
household data for ten observations on nine low-income
countries show that the short-run impacts of higher staple
food prices on poverty differ considerably by commodity and
by country, but, that poverty increases are much more
frequent, and larger, than poverty reductions. The recent
large increases in food prices appear likely to raise
overall poverty in low income countries substantially. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
| author |
Ivanic, Maros Martin, Will |
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Ivanic, Maros Martin, Will |
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Ivanic, Maros |
| title |
Implications of Higher Global Food Prices for Poverty in Low-Income Countries |
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Implications of Higher Global Food Prices for Poverty in Low-Income Countries |
| title_full |
Implications of Higher Global Food Prices for Poverty in Low-Income Countries |
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Implications of Higher Global Food Prices for Poverty in Low-Income Countries |
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Implications of Higher Global Food Prices for Poverty in Low-Income Countries |
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implications of higher global food prices for poverty in low-income countries |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/04/9362411/implications-higher-global-food-prices-poverty-low-income-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6723 |
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