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

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dc.creatorTsimpo, Clarence
dc.creatorWodon, Quentin
dc.creatorBackiny-Yetna, Prospere
dc.creatorAdoho, Franck
dc.creatorJoseph, George
dc.creatorCoulombe, Harold
dc.date2012-06-01T20:45:03Z
dc.date2012-06-01T20:45:03Z
dc.date2008-10
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:17:12Z
dc.descriptionConcerns 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 could benefit from an increase in prices and food consumers who are poor or near-poor and would loose out when the price increases. In most West and Central African countries, the sign (positive or negative) of the impact is not ambiguous because a substantial share of food consumption is imported, so that the negative impact for consumers is larger than the positive impact for net sellers of locally produced foods. Yet even if the sign of the impact is clear, its magnitude is not. Using a set of recent and comprehensive household surveys, this paper summarizes findings from an assessment of the potential impact of higher food prices on the poor in a dozen countries. Rising food prices for rice, wheat, maize, and other cereals as well as for milk, sugar and vegetable oils could lead to a substantial increase in poverty in many of the countries. At the same time, the data suggest that the magnitude of the increase in poverty between different countries is likely to be different. Finally, the data suggest that a large share of the increase in poverty will consist of deeper levels of poverty among households who are already poor, even if there will also be a larger number of poor households in the various countries.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/10/9901009/potential-impact-higher-food-prices-poverty-summary-estimates-dozen-west-central-african-countries
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/6931
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-4745
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/416729
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper; No. 4745
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL WAGE
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectBREAD
dc.subjectBULLETIN
dc.subjectBUTTER
dc.subjectCASH TRANSFERS
dc.subjectCASSAVA
dc.subjectCEREAL PRICES
dc.subjectCEREALS
dc.subjectCONSUMER PRICES
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION PATTERNS
dc.subjectCORN
dc.subjectCULTURAL CHANGE
dc.subjectDECOMPOSABLE POVERTY
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ISSUES
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
dc.subjectECONOMETRIC MODEL
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectEFFECTIVE POLICIES
dc.subjectFARM WORKERS
dc.subjectFARMERS
dc.subjectFLOUR
dc.subjectFOOD BASKET
dc.subjectFOOD CONSUMERS
dc.subjectFOOD CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectFOOD CROPS
dc.subjectFOOD ITEM
dc.subjectFOOD ITEMS
dc.subjectFOOD POLICY
dc.subjectFOOD POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectFOOD PRICE
dc.subjectFOOD PRICE INFLATION
dc.subjectFOOD PRICES
dc.subjectFOOD PRICING
dc.subjectFOOD PRODUCERS
dc.subjectFOOD PRODUCTION
dc.subjectFOOD SECURITY
dc.subjectFOODS
dc.subjectGROUNDNUT
dc.subjectGROUNDNUT OIL
dc.subjectHEADCOUNT INDEX
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD WELFARE
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectIMPACT ON POVERTY
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
dc.subjectLOCAL FOOD PRODUCTION
dc.subjectMAIZE
dc.subjectMILK
dc.subjectNATIONAL LEVEL
dc.subjectNEW POOR
dc.subjectPALM OIL
dc.subjectPOLICY DISCUSSIONS
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subjectPOOR
dc.subjectPOOR HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectPOOR PEOPLE
dc.subjectPOPULATION SIZE
dc.subjectPOVERTY DYNAMICS
dc.subjectPOVERTY ESTIMATES
dc.subjectPOVERTY GAP
dc.subjectPOVERTY IMPACT
dc.subjectPOVERTY INDICES
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINE
dc.subjectPOVERTY MEASUREMENT
dc.subjectPOVERTY MEASURES
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES
dc.subjectPRICE CHANGES
dc.subjectPROGRESS
dc.subjectREAL TERMS
dc.subjectREDUCTION IN POVERTY
dc.subjectRURAL
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL POOR
dc.subjectRURAL WELFARE
dc.subjectSAFETY NET
dc.subjectSQUARED POVERTY GAP
dc.subjectSUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
dc.subjectSUGAR
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectURBAN DWELLERS
dc.subjectURBAN HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectURBAN POPULATION
dc.subjectVEGETABLE OILS
dc.subjectWHEAT
dc.subjectWHEAT FLOUR
dc.titlePotential Impact of Higher Food Prices on Poverty : Summary Estimates for a Dozen West and Central African Countries

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