Long-term impacts of an unanticipated risk event : the 2007/08 food price crisis and child growth in Indonesia (English)

Unanticipated spikes in food prices can increase malnutrition among the poor, with lasting consequences; however, livelihood strategies that include producing food for home consumption are expected to offer a measure of protection. Using anthropometric and consumption data from Indonesia collected before and after the 2007/08 food price crisis, this paper finds evidence of both effects. Based on standardized height and weight measures, the results...

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Yamauchi,Futoshi;

Larson,Donald F.;
Document Date
2016/04/11
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS7627
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Indonesia,
Region
East Asia and Pacific,
Disclosure Date
2016/04/11
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Long-term impacts of an unanticipated risk event : the 2007/08 food price crisis and child growth in Indonesia
Keywords
food price

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Yamauchi,Futoshi; Larson,Donald F..

Long-term impacts of an unanticipated risk event : the 2007/08 food price crisis and child growth in Indonesia (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 7627 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/875331468179040808

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