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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International Food Policy Research Institute
1988
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| author | Pinstrup-Andersen, Per |
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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 |
| spellingShingle | subsidies 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 |
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| title_fullStr | Food subsidies in developing countries: costs, benefits, and policy options |
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| 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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