Impact of rising world rice prices on poverty and inequality in Burkina Faso
Between January 2006 and April 2008, the prices of most agricultural products rose considerably in international markets. Empirical studies show that this spike in world food prices increased the number of poor households in developing countries, but the extent was not the same in all countries. Thi...
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| author | Badolo, F. Traoré, Fousseini |
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| description | Between January 2006 and April 2008, the prices of most agricultural products rose considerably in international markets. Empirical studies show that this spike in world food prices increased the number of poor households in developing countries, but the extent was not the same in all countries. This article assesses the impact of rising rice prices on poverty and income inequality in Burkina Faso, using a methodology based on the concept of compensating variation combined with the net benefit ratio (NBR) developed by Deaton (1989) and a living standard survey (QUIBB, 2003). The results show that higher prices have a negative impact on income and poverty in the regions with a large proportion of households that are net buyers of rice. The poverty rate increases by 2.2 to 2.9 percentage points depending on the assumptions, the increase being higher in urban areas than in rural areas. Rising rice prices also increase income inequality, which increases particularly in urban areas and in relatively rich regions, but decreases in poor regions with a large proportion of rice producers. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1495622024-11-15T08:52:17Z Impact of rising world rice prices on poverty and inequality in Burkina Faso Badolo, F. Traoré, Fousseini rice inequality developing countries poverty prices Between January 2006 and April 2008, the prices of most agricultural products rose considerably in international markets. Empirical studies show that this spike in world food prices increased the number of poor households in developing countries, but the extent was not the same in all countries. This article assesses the impact of rising rice prices on poverty and income inequality in Burkina Faso, using a methodology based on the concept of compensating variation combined with the net benefit ratio (NBR) developed by Deaton (1989) and a living standard survey (QUIBB, 2003). The results show that higher prices have a negative impact on income and poverty in the regions with a large proportion of households that are net buyers of rice. The poverty rate increases by 2.2 to 2.9 percentage points depending on the assumptions, the increase being higher in urban areas than in rural areas. Rising rice prices also increase income inequality, which increases particularly in urban areas and in relatively rich regions, but decreases in poor regions with a large proportion of rice producers. 2015-02-26 2024-08-01T02:49:32Z 2024-08-01T02:49:32Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149562 en Limited Access Wiley Badolo, F. and Traoré, Fousseini. 2015. Impact of rising world rice prices on poverty and inequality in Burkina Faso. Development Policy Review 33(2): 221 -244. https://doi.org/10.1111/dpr.12099 |
| spellingShingle | rice inequality developing countries poverty prices Badolo, F. Traoré, Fousseini Impact of rising world rice prices on poverty and inequality in Burkina Faso |
| title | Impact of rising world rice prices on poverty and inequality in Burkina Faso |
| title_full | Impact of rising world rice prices on poverty and inequality in Burkina Faso |
| title_fullStr | Impact of rising world rice prices on poverty and inequality in Burkina Faso |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of rising world rice prices on poverty and inequality in Burkina Faso |
| title_short | Impact of rising world rice prices on poverty and inequality in Burkina Faso |
| title_sort | impact of rising world rice prices on poverty and inequality in burkina faso |
| topic | rice inequality developing countries poverty prices |
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