Evaluating alternative policy responses to higher world food prices: The case of increasing rice prices in Madagascar

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dc.creatorCoady, David
dc.creatorDorosh, Paul A.
dc.creatorMinten, Bart
dc.date2009-08
dc.date2024-11-21T10:01:17Z
dc.date2024-11-21T10:01:17Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:26:56Z
dc.descriptionHigher world food prices have led many developing countries to adopt policies to mitigate the impact on low‐income households. This article sets out a partial equilibrium framework to evaluate the efficiency, distributional, and revenue implications of alternative policy responses. The model is applied to evaluate tariff reductions and targeted transfers in Madagascar. Although lowering tariffs generates substantial efficiency gains, these accrue mainly to the top half of the welfare distribution, and poor net sellers are actually worse off. Developing a system of targeted direct transfers to poor households is likely to be a substantially more cost‐effective approach to poverty alleviation.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/162128
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/104690
dc.languageen
dc.publisherWiley
dc.rightsLimited Access
dc.sourceCoady, David; Dorosh, Paul A.; Minten, Bart. 2009. Evaluating alternative policy responses to higher world food prices. American Journal of Agricultural Economics American Journal of Agricultural Economics 91(3): 711-722
dc.subjectrice
dc.subjecttariffs
dc.subjectwelfare
dc.subjectglobalization
dc.subjectmarkets
dc.subjectfood prices
dc.titleEvaluating alternative policy responses to higher world food prices: The case of increasing rice prices in Madagascar
dc.typeJournal Article

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