Poverty and food insecurity could grow dramatically as COVID-19 spreads

With COVID-19 and its economic fallout now spreading in the poorest parts of the world, many more people will become poor and food-insecure. In a new scenario analysis, we estimate that globally, absent interventions, over 140 million people could fall into extreme poverty (measured against the $1.9...

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Main Authors: Laborde Debucquet, David, Martin, Will, Vos, Rob
Format: Book Chapter
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2020
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143167
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description With COVID-19 and its economic fallout now spreading in the poorest parts of the world, many more people will become poor and food-insecure. In a new scenario analysis, we estimate that globally, absent interventions, over 140 million people could fall into extreme poverty (measured against the $1.90 poverty line) in 2020 — an increase of 20% from present levels. This in turn would drive up food insecurity. A global health crisis could thus cause a major food crisis — unless steps are taken to provide unprecedented economic emergency relief.
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spelling CGSpace1431672025-11-06T04:11:14Z Poverty and food insecurity could grow dramatically as COVID-19 spreads Laborde Debucquet, David Martin, Will Vos, Rob models covid-19 economic crises developed countries nutrition computable general equilibrium models disease prevention developing countries food security poverty economic recession With COVID-19 and its economic fallout now spreading in the poorest parts of the world, many more people will become poor and food-insecure. In a new scenario analysis, we estimate that globally, absent interventions, over 140 million people could fall into extreme poverty (measured against the $1.90 poverty line) in 2020 — an increase of 20% from present levels. This in turn would drive up food insecurity. A global health crisis could thus cause a major food crisis — unless steps are taken to provide unprecedented economic emergency relief. 2020-06-01 2024-05-22T12:12:20Z 2024-05-22T12:12:20Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143167 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133762 https://www.ifpri.org/blog/poverty-and-food-insecurity-could-grow-dramatically-covid-19-spreads Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Laborde Debucquet, David; Martin, Will; and Vos, Rob. 2020. Poverty and food insecurity could grow dramatically as COVID-19 spreads. In COVID-19 and global food security, eds. Johan Swinnen and John McDermott. Part One: Food security, poverty, and inequality, Chapter 2, Pp. 16-19. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133762_02.
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covid-19
economic crises
developed countries
nutrition
computable general equilibrium models
disease prevention
developing countries
food security
poverty
economic recession
Laborde Debucquet, David
Martin, Will
Vos, Rob
Poverty and food insecurity could grow dramatically as COVID-19 spreads
title Poverty and food insecurity could grow dramatically as COVID-19 spreads
title_full Poverty and food insecurity could grow dramatically as COVID-19 spreads
title_fullStr Poverty and food insecurity could grow dramatically as COVID-19 spreads
title_full_unstemmed Poverty and food insecurity could grow dramatically as COVID-19 spreads
title_short Poverty and food insecurity could grow dramatically as COVID-19 spreads
title_sort poverty and food insecurity could grow dramatically as covid 19 spreads
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covid-19
economic crises
developed countries
nutrition
computable general equilibrium models
disease prevention
developing countries
food security
poverty
economic recession
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