Rising food prices in Sub-Saharan Africa : poverty impact and policy responses (English)

The increase in food prices represents a major crisis for the world's poor. This paper aims to review the evidence on the potential impact of higher food prices on poverty in sub-Saharan Africa, and examines the extent to which policy responses will benefit the poor. The paper shows that rising food prices are likely to lead to higher poverty in sub-Saharan Africa as the negative impact on net poor consumers outweighs the benefits to poor producers...
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Wodon,Quentin T.; Zaman,Hassan.

Rising food prices in Sub-Saharan Africa : poverty impact and policy responses (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4738 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/460651468193448157

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