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Unintended Consequences of Food Subsidies : The Case of the Haiti Rice Subsidy

Haiti is an important rice consumer, and a big rice importer. Around 86 percent of the Haitian population consumes rice. The decision to implement an indirect subsidy was made based on the fact that import prices had in the past been transmitted fu...

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Main Authors:	Arias, Diego, Carneus, Maxime
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	AGRICULTURE AVERAGE PRICE CENTRAL BANK COLLUSION COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMERS DELIVERY MECHANISM DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC MARKETS DOMESTIC PRICE DOMESTIC PRICES ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EXPENDITURES EXPORTS EXTERNAL FINANCING FINANCIAL CRISIS FOOD IMPORTS FOOD MARKETS FOOD POLICY FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICE INFLATION FOOD PRICE SUBSIDY FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD PRODUCTS FOOD SECURITY FOOD SUBSIDIES GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY GRAINS INCOME INCOMES INDEX NUMBERS INDIRECT SUBSIDY LIBERALIZATION MACROECONOMICS MAIZE MARKET PRICE MARKET PRICES MERCHANDISE PREMIUM PRICE PRICE BEHAVIOR PRICE ELASTICITY PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND PRICE FIXING PRICE INCREASE PRICE INCREASES PRICE INDEX PRICE INDICES PRICE SUBSIDIES PRICE SUBSIDY PRICE UNCERTAINTY PROFIT MARGINS PUBLIC POLICIES PURCHASING PURCHASING POWER RICE SAVINGS SELLING PRICE SOYBEAN SPATIAL ECONOMICS STOCKS SUBSTITUTE SUBSTITUTION SUPPLY CHAIN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TAXPAYERS TRADE LIBERALIZATION VOLATILITY WFP WHEAT WORLD FOOD PROGRAM
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/03/17394181/unintended-consequences-food-subsidies-case-haiti-rice-subsidy http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18019

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/03/17394181/unintended-consequences-food-subsidies-case-haiti-rice-subsidy
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18019

Unintended Consequences of Food Subsidies : The Case of the Haiti Rice Subsidy

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