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Potential Impact of Higher Food Prices on Poverty : Summary Estimates for a Dozen West and Central African Countries

Concerns have been raised about the impact of rising food prices worldwide on the poor. To assess the impact of rising food prices in any particular country it is necessary to look at both the impact on food producers who are poor or near-poor and...

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Main Authors:	Wodon, Quentin, Tsimpo, Clarence, Backiny-Yetna, Prospere, Joseph, George, Adoho, Franck, Coulombe, Harold
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL WAGE AGRICULTURE BREAD BULLETIN BUTTER CASH TRANSFERS CASSAVA CEREAL PRICES CEREALS CONSUMER PRICES CONSUMPTION PATTERNS CORN CULTURAL CHANGE DECOMPOSABLE POVERTY DEVELOPMENT ISSUES DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH ECONOMETRIC MODEL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVE POLICIES FARM WORKERS FARMERS FLOUR FOOD BASKET FOOD CONSUMERS FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD CROPS FOOD ITEM FOOD ITEMS FOOD POLICY FOOD POLICY RESEARCH FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICE INFLATION FOOD PRICES FOOD PRICING FOOD PRODUCERS FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY FOODS GROUNDNUT GROUNDNUT OIL HEADCOUNT INDEX HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPACT ON POVERTY INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INEQUALITY INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE LOCAL FOOD PRODUCTION MAIZE MILK NATIONAL LEVEL NEW POOR PALM OIL POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POOR POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POPULATION SIZE POVERTY DYNAMICS POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY GAP POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY INDICES POVERTY LINE POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES PRICE CHANGES PROGRESS REAL TERMS REDUCTION IN POVERTY RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL POOR RURAL WELFARE SAFETY NET SQUARED POVERTY GAP SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUGAR URBAN AREAS URBAN DWELLERS URBAN HOUSEHOLDS URBAN POPULATION VEGETABLE OILS WHEAT WHEAT FLOUR
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/10/9901009/potential-impact-higher-food-prices-poverty-summary-estimates-dozen-west-central-african-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6931

Potential Impact of Higher Food Prices on Poverty : Summary Estimates for a Dozen West and Central African Countries

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