Rising Food Prices and Coping Strategies : Household-level Evidence from Afghanistan

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dc.creatorD’Souza, Anna
dc.creatorJolliffe, Dean
dc.date2013-05-09T16:14:25Z
dc.date2013-05-09T16:14:25Z
dc.date2012-02-28
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:50:21Z
dc.descriptionThis article investigates the impact of rising wheat prices on household food security in Afghanistan. Exploiting a unique nationally-representative household survey, we find evidence of large declines in the real value of per capita food consumption. Smaller price elasticities with respect to calories than with respect to food consumption suggest that households trade off quality for quantity as they move away from nutrient-rich foods such as meat and vegetables toward staple foods. Our work improves upon country-level simulation studies by providing estimates of actual household food security during a price shock in one of the world's poorest, most food-insecure countries.
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dc.identifierJournal of Development Studies
dc.identifier0022-0388
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/13345
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/13345
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/411771
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis
dc.relationJournal of Development Studies;48(2)
dc.relationhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectfood security
dc.subjecthigh food prices
dc.subjectnutrition
dc.subjectpoverty
dc.titleRising Food Prices and Coping Strategies : Household-level Evidence from Afghanistan
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.typeArticle de journal
dc.typeArtículo de revista

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