Implications of higher global food prices for poverty in low-income countries (English)

In many poor countries, the recent increases in prices of staple foods raise the real incomes of those selling food, many of whom are relatively poor, while hurting net food consumers, many of whom are also relatively poor. The impacts on poverty will certainly be very diverse, but the average impact on poverty depends upon the balance between these two effects, and can only be determined by looking at real-world data. Results using household data...
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Ivanic,Maros; Martin, Will.

Implications of higher global food prices for poverty in low-income countries (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4594 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/253001468150585777

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