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Are Low Food Prices Pro-Poor? Net Food Buyers and Sellers in Low-Income Countries

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dc.contributor.authorAksoy, M. Ataman
dc.contributor.authorIsik-Dikmelik, Aylin
dc.date.accessioned2012-05-30T17:13:02Z
dc.date.available2012-05-30T17:13:02Z
dc.date.issued2008-06
dc.description.abstractThere is a general consensus that most of the poor in developing countries are net food buyers and food price increases are bad for the poor. This could be expected of urban poor, but it is also often attributed to the rural poor. Recent food price increases have increased the importance of this issue, and the possible policy responses to these price increases. This paper examines the characteristics of net food sellers and buyers in nine low-income countries. Although the largest share of poor households are found to be net food buyers, almost 50 percent of net food buyers are marginal net food buyers who would not be significantly affected by food price increases. Only three of the nine countries examined exhibited a substantial proportion of vulnerable households. The average incomes (as measured by expenditure) of net food buyers were found to be higher than net food sellers in eight of the nine countries examined. Thus, food price increases, ceteris paribus, would transfer income from generally higher income net food buyers to poorer net food sellers. The analysis also finds that the occupations and income sources of net sellers and buyers in rural areas are significantly different. In rural areas where food production is the main activity and where there are limited non-food activities, the incomes of net buyers might depend on the incomes and farming activities of net food sellers. These results suggest the need for reevaluation of the consensus on the impact of food prices on food needs. Further work on the regional differences, and more important, on the second order effects, are necessary to answer these questions more precisely. Only on the basis of further analysis can we start generating better policy responses.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/06/9496843/low-food-prices-pro-poor-net-food-buyers-sellers-low-income-countries
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-4642
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/6660
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper No. 4642
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL INCOMES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL INPUTS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL POLICIES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL POLICY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCT
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL SECTOR
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL SECTORS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL WAGE
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL WAGES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectAVERAGE INCOMES
dc.subjectBENEFICIARIES
dc.subjectBUYER
dc.subjectCASH CROP INCOME
dc.subjectCASH CROPS
dc.subjectCOMMODITIES
dc.subjectCOMMODITY
dc.subjectCONSUMER
dc.subjectCONSUMER GOODS
dc.subjectCONSUMER PRICE INDEX
dc.subjectCONSUMERS
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION BASKET
dc.subjectCROP YIELDS
dc.subjectDATA SETS
dc.subjectDATES
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ISSUES
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
dc.subjectECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
dc.subjectECONOMIC ACTIVITY
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC REVIEW
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL QUESTION
dc.subjectEXPENDITURE DATA
dc.subjectFARM ACTIVITIES
dc.subjectFARM ACTIVITY
dc.subjectFARM INCOMES
dc.subjectFARM PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectFARMERS
dc.subjectFARMING ACTIVITIES
dc.subjectFOOD AID
dc.subjectFOOD AID PROGRAMS
dc.subjectFOOD BASKET
dc.subjectFOOD BUYERS
dc.subjectFOOD CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectFOOD CROP
dc.subjectFOOD CROP PRODUCTION
dc.subjectFOOD CROPS
dc.subjectFOOD EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectFOOD INTAKE
dc.subjectFOOD ITEMS
dc.subjectFOOD NEEDS
dc.subjectFOOD OUTPUT
dc.subjectFOOD POLICY
dc.subjectFOOD PRICE
dc.subjectFOOD PRICES
dc.subjectFOOD PRODUCERS
dc.subjectFOOD PRODUCTION
dc.subjectFOOD PRODUCTS
dc.subjectFOOD SALES
dc.subjectFOOD SECURITY
dc.subjectFOOD STAPLES
dc.subjectFOOD SURPLUS
dc.subjectFOOD SURPLUSES
dc.subjectFOODS
dc.subjectGROUNDNUT
dc.subjectHIGHER INCIDENCE OF POVERTY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD HEAD
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOMES
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD WELFARE
dc.subjectHOUSING
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectINCOME FROM CASH CROPS
dc.subjectINCOME LEVEL
dc.subjectINCOME LEVELS
dc.subjectINCOME ON FOOD
dc.subjectINCOME SOURCE
dc.subjectINCOME SOURCES
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectLABOR MARKETS
dc.subjectLAND HOLDINGS
dc.subjectLATIN AMERICAN
dc.subjectLIVESTOCK INCOME
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS SURVEY
dc.subjectLOW INCOME
dc.subjectLOW INCOMES
dc.subjectLOW-INCOME
dc.subjectLOWER INCOMES
dc.subjectMAIZE
dc.subjectMARKETING
dc.subjectPER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectPER CAPITA INCOMES
dc.subjectPOLICY IMPLICATIONS
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectPOOR
dc.subjectPOOR COUNTRIES
dc.subjectPOOR GROUPS
dc.subjectPOOR HOUSEHOLD
dc.subjectPOOR HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectPOOR RURAL HOUSEHOLD
dc.subjectPOORER HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectPOVERTY ALLEVIATION
dc.subjectPOVERTY ASSESSMENT
dc.subjectPOVERTY IMPACT
dc.subjectPOVERTY INDEX
dc.subjectPOVERTY MEASURES
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPRICE CHANGES
dc.subjectPURCHASES
dc.subjectQUESTIONNAIRE
dc.subjectREAL INCOMES
dc.subjectREGIONAL DIFFERENCES
dc.subjectRELATIVE PRICES
dc.subjectRESEARCH ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectRICE
dc.subjectRURAL
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL COMMUNITY
dc.subjectRURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectRURAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectRURAL HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectRURAL INCOMES
dc.subjectRURAL POOR
dc.subjectRURAL POPULATIONS
dc.subjectRURAL POVERTY
dc.subjectRURAL SECTOR
dc.subjectSMALL FARMERS
dc.subjectSOURCES OF INCOME
dc.subjectSPICES
dc.subjectSTAPLE FOODS
dc.subjectSUBSISTENCE
dc.subjectTARGETED TRANSFERS
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectURBAN HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectURBAN POPULATION
dc.subjectURBAN POPULATIONS
dc.subjectVULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectWELFARE MONITORING
dc.subjectWHEAT
dc.titleAre Low Food Prices Pro-Poor? Net Food Buyers and Sellers in Low-Income Countriesen
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okr.crossref.titleAre Low Food Prices Pro-Poor? Net Food Buyers And Sellers In Low-Income Countries
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T09:47:10.718588Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/06/9496843/low-food-prices-pro-poor-net-food-buyers-sellers-low-income-countries
okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.globalpracticeTrade and Competitiveness
okr.guid278361468156893931
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-4642
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000158349_20080603171459
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum9496843
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okr.topicFood and Beverage Industry
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Rural Poverty Reduction
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Lines
okr.topicIndustry
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
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