Food subsidies in developing countries: costs, benefits, and policy options

Governments of most countries attempt to influence the price consumers pay for food. In low-income countries the aim is frequently one of reducing consumer food prices below a free-market level. The results are what in this book is called consumer-oriented food subsidies. The goals of subsidy progra...

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Autor principal: Pinstrup-Andersen, Per
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 1988
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161090
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description Governments of most countries attempt to influence the price consumers pay for food. In low-income countries the aim is frequently one of reducing consumer food prices below a free-market level. The results are what in this book is called consumer-oriented food subsidies. The goals of subsidy programs and policies vary among countries and over time and may include desires to improve the real purchasing power of all or certain groups of consumers, to reduce or eliminate calorie and nutrient deficiencies in low-income population groups, to maintain low urban wages, to assure social and political stability, and a number of other goals.
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spelling CGSpace1610902025-04-08T18:31:12Z Food subsidies in developing countries: costs, benefits, and policy options Pinstrup-Andersen, Per subsidies developing countries food aid agricultural policies poverty resilience social protection Governments of most countries attempt to influence the price consumers pay for food. In low-income countries the aim is frequently one of reducing consumer food prices below a free-market level. The results are what in this book is called consumer-oriented food subsidies. The goals of subsidy programs and policies vary among countries and over time and may include desires to improve the real purchasing power of all or certain groups of consumers, to reduce or eliminate calorie and nutrient deficiencies in low-income population groups, to maintain low urban wages, to assure social and political stability, and a number of other goals. 1988 2024-11-21T09:53:26Z 2024-11-21T09:53:26Z Book https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161090 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Pinstrup-Andersen, Per, ed. 1988. Food subsidies in developing countries: costs, benefits, and policy options. Baltimore, MD: Published for the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) by Johns Hopkins University Press. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161090
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developing countries
food aid
agricultural policies
poverty
resilience
social protection
Pinstrup-Andersen, Per
Food subsidies in developing countries: costs, benefits, and policy options
title Food subsidies in developing countries: costs, benefits, and policy options
title_full Food subsidies in developing countries: costs, benefits, and policy options
title_fullStr Food subsidies in developing countries: costs, benefits, and policy options
title_full_unstemmed Food subsidies in developing countries: costs, benefits, and policy options
title_short Food subsidies in developing countries: costs, benefits, and policy options
title_sort food subsidies in developing countries costs benefits and policy options
topic subsidies
developing countries
food aid
agricultural policies
poverty
resilience
social protection
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