HOW AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AFFECTS URBAN POVERTY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: THE CASE OF CHINA
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This paper develops a framework to measure the impact of agricultural research
on urban poverty. Increased investments in agricultural R&D can lower food prices by
increasing food production, and lower food prices benefit the urban poor because they
often spend more than 60% of their income on food. Application of the framework to
China shows that these food price effects are large and that the benefits for the urban poor
have been about as large as the benefits for the rural poor.