Was the Global Food Crisis Really a Crisis? Simulations versus Self-Reporting

Have rising food prices hurt the poor, or helped them? So far, all answers to this question are based on simulation analyses by the World Bank, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). These simulation studies almost invariably s...

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Main Author: Headey, Derek D.
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2011
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152622
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description Have rising food prices hurt the poor, or helped them? So far, all answers to this question are based on simulation analyses by the World Bank, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). These simulation studies almost invariably suggest that the rise in international food prices in 2007-08 substantially raised the number of poor or hungry people by anywhere from 60 to 160 million people.
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spelling CGSpace1526222025-11-06T04:38:03Z Was the Global Food Crisis Really a Crisis? Simulations versus Self-Reporting Headey, Derek D. hunger poverty Have rising food prices hurt the poor, or helped them? So far, all answers to this question are based on simulation analyses by the World Bank, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). These simulation studies almost invariably suggest that the rise in international food prices in 2007-08 substantially raised the number of poor or hungry people by anywhere from 60 to 160 million people. 2011 2024-10-01T13:55:02Z 2024-10-01T13:55:02Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152622 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152621 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Headey, Derek D. 2011. Was the Global Food Crisis Really a Crisis? Simulations versus Self-Reporting. IFPRI Research Brief 17. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152622
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