Distributive impacts of the food price crisis in the Andean region

This study analyses the distributive consequences associated with the recent international food price crisis in the Andean region. The study explores the distributive repercussions of the crisis by means of a simple simulation exercise which isolates the direct and short‐term effects of actual incre...

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Published in:Journal of international development 2010-10, Vol.22 (7), p.846-865
Main Authors: Cuesta, José, Duryea, Suzanne, Jaramillo, Fidel, Robles, Marcos
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Andean region
Andes
Andes region
Consumers
Crises
Distribution economics
distributive impacts
Economic crisis
Economic forecasts
Economic impact analysis
Elasticity of demand
Food
food crisis
Food prices
Food security
Households
I30
Impact analysis
JEL classification
Latin America
Net consumer position
O18
O20
Poverty
Poverty alleviation
Prices
Simulation
Social impact
Studies
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Summary:This study analyses the distributive consequences associated with the recent international food price crisis in the Andean region. The study explores the distributive repercussions of the crisis by means of a simple simulation exercise which isolates the direct and short‐term effects of actual increases in food prices across the Andean region. The paper finds substantive and heterogeneous poverty impacts, ranging from two to six per cent points in the incidence of poverty. Results are found very sensitive to the net consumer (or producer) position of the household, and less so across other characteristics of the household. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
ISSN:0954-1748
1099-1328
DOI:10.1002/jid.1654