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Assessing the Potential Impact on Poverty of Rising Cereals Prices : The Case of Mali

dc.contributor.author Joseph, George
dc.contributor.author Wodon, Quentin
dc.date.accessioned 2012-06-01T20:30:39Z
dc.date.available 2012-06-01T20:30:39Z
dc.date.issued 2008-10
dc.description.abstract Concerns have been raised about the impact of rising food prices worldwide on the poor. To assess the (short term) impact of rising food prices in any particular country it is necessary to look at both the impact on food producers (who benefit from an increase in prices) and food consumers (who loose out when the price increases), with a focus on poor producers and consumers. In Mali the impact of a change in the price of rice is not ambiguous because about half of the rice consumed in the country is imported, so that the negative impact for consumers is much larger than the positive impact for producers. By contrast, for millet and sorghum, as well as corn, the impact is more ambiguous since much of the consumption is locally produced. Using a recent and comprehensive household survey, this paper provides an assessment of the potential impact of higher food prices on the poor in Mali using both simple statistical analysis and non-parametric methods. The paper finds that rising food prices for rice, millet and sorghum, corn, as well as wheat and bread could together lead to a substantial increase in poverty, with the increase in the price of rice having by far the largest negative impact. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/10/9902947/assessing-potential-impact-poverty-rising-cereals-prices-case-mali
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6928
dc.language English
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4744
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject ABSOLUTE TERMS
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL WAGE
dc.subject AGRICULTURE
dc.subject AVERAGE INCOME
dc.subject BREAD
dc.subject BULLETIN
dc.subject CEREAL PRICES
dc.subject CEREALS
dc.subject COMPENSATORY MEASURES
dc.subject CONSUMER PRICES
dc.subject CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE
dc.subject CONSUMPTION BASKET
dc.subject CONSUMPTION DATA
dc.subject CORN
dc.subject COST OF FOOD
dc.subject CULTURAL CHANGE
dc.subject DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
dc.subject DIET
dc.subject ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject ECONOMICS
dc.subject EXCHANGE RATE
dc.subject FARMERS
dc.subject FOOD CONSUMERS
dc.subject FOOD CONSUMPTION
dc.subject FOOD CROPS
dc.subject FOOD ITEMS
dc.subject FOOD POLICY
dc.subject FOOD POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject FOOD PRICE
dc.subject FOOD PRICES
dc.subject FOOD PRICING
dc.subject FOOD PRODUCERS
dc.subject FOOD PRODUCTION
dc.subject FOOD SECURITY
dc.subject FOOD SUBSIDIES
dc.subject FOODS
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
dc.subject HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject IMPACT ON POVERTY
dc.subject INCOME
dc.subject INCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject INCREASE POVERTY
dc.subject INEQUALITY
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
dc.subject LEVELS OF CONSUMPTION
dc.subject LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subject MAIZE
dc.subject MEDIUM TERM
dc.subject NATIONAL LEVEL
dc.subject NATIONAL POVERTY
dc.subject NEGATIVE EFFECT
dc.subject NEGATIVE IMPACT
dc.subject NET INCOME
dc.subject NON-POOR HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject PATTERNS OF CONSUMPTION
dc.subject POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subject POOR
dc.subject POOR BENEFIT
dc.subject POOR HOUSEHOLD
dc.subject POOR HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject POOR PRODUCERS
dc.subject POVERTY DYNAMICS
dc.subject POVERTY GAP
dc.subject POVERTY IMPACT
dc.subject POVERTY INCREASES
dc.subject POVERTY LINE
dc.subject POVERTY MEASUREMENT
dc.subject POVERTY MEASURES
dc.subject POVERTY POVERTY
dc.subject POVERTY REDUCING
dc.subject POVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subject POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES
dc.subject PRODUCTION SIDE
dc.subject PROGRESS
dc.subject REDUCTION IN POVERTY
dc.subject RURAL
dc.subject RURAL AREAS
dc.subject RURAL HEADCOUNT
dc.subject RURAL HEADCOUNT INDEX
dc.subject RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject RURAL WELFARE
dc.subject SAFETY NET
dc.subject SHORT-TERM IMPACT
dc.subject SQUARED POVERTY GAP
dc.subject SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
dc.subject URBAN AREAS
dc.subject URBAN DWELLERS
dc.subject VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject WHEAT
dc.title Assessing the Potential Impact on Poverty of Rising Cereals Prices : The Case of Mali en
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okr.crosscuttingsolutionarea Jobs
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/10/9902947/assessing-potential-impact-poverty-rising-cereals-prices-case-mali
okr.globalpractice Poverty
okr.globalpractice Trade and Competitiveness
okr.globalpractice Health, Nutrition, and Population
okr.identifier.doi 10.1596/1813-9450-4744
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000158349_20081002081425
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 9902947
okr.identifier.report WPS4744
okr.language.supported en
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okr.region.administrative Africa
okr.region.country Mali
okr.topic Poverty Reduction :: Achieving Shared Growth
okr.topic Food and Beverage Industry
okr.topic Health, Nutrition and Population :: Population Policies
okr.topic Poverty Reduction :: Rural Poverty Reduction
okr.topic Industry
okr.unit Development Research Group (DECRG)
okr.volume 1 of 1
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