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Food Price Increases and Net Food Importing Countries : Lessons from the Recent Past

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dc.contributor.authorNg, Francis
dc.contributor.authorAksoy, M. Ataman
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-30T07:29:50Z
dc.date.available2012-03-30T07:29:50Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractRecent increases in food and other commodity prices have highlighted concerns that many poor countries are net food importers and higher food prices would worsen their trade balances. In this article, we analyze the changes in food trade balances associated with the 32% increase in food prices from 2000/2001 to 2004/2005. We find a small deterioration in food trade balances of low-income countries and an improvement in middle-income countries. The deterioration is most severe for countries in conflict and small island states, so attention should be placed first on these countries and on a few very-low-income countries that are also vulnerable. Because low-income countries as a group had much lower agricultural GDP growth rates than middle-income countries, the answers to food vulnerability in low-income countries should probably be addressed within the context of incentives for agricultural production.en
dc.identifier.citationAgricultural Economics
dc.identifier.issn01695150
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/4808
dc.language.isoEN
dc.relation.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.subjectCountry and Industry Studies of Trade F140
dc.subjectEconomic Development: Agriculture
dc.subjectNatural Resources
dc.subjectEnergy
dc.subjectEnvironment
dc.subjectOther Primary Products O130
dc.subjectInternational Linkages to Development
dc.subjectRole of International Organizations O190
dc.subjectAgriculture: Aggregate Supply and Demand Analysis
dc.subjectPrices Q110
dc.subjectAgriculture in International Trade Q170
dc.titleFood Price Increases and Net Food Importing Countries : Lessons from the Recent Pasten
dc.title.alternativeAgricultural Economicsen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.typeArticle de journalfr
dc.typeArtículo de revistaes
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okr.doctypeJournal Article
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okr.identifier.externaldocumentum1330
okr.journal.nbpages443-452
okr.language.supporteden
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
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okr.volume39
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