Food Price Increases and Net Food Importing Countries : Lessons from the Recent Past

Recent increases in food and other commodity prices have highlighted concerns that many poor countries are net food importers and higher food prices would worsen their trade balances. In this article, we analyze the changes in food trade balances associated with the 32% increase in food prices from...

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Main Authors: Ng, Francis, Aksoy, M. Ataman
Language:EN
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4808