Bacon, Robert2014-04-222014-04-222006-08https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17963This note is designed to provide a brief of how the current oil price increases are expected to impact low income countries and poorer households. By tracing the transmission mechanisms of the shocks it points to areas where mitigating policies for the present and for the future can be focused.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOOIL PRICESLOW INCOMEPOOR PEOPLELOW INCOME COUNTRIESPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOLICIES10.1596/17963