Food subsidies: Consumer welfare and producer incentives
Policies to strengthen incentives to expand food production through higher food prices are likely to result in short-run reductions in real incomes of food consumers. Since a large share of the income of the poor is generally spent on food, higher food prices may cause severe hardships to those who...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
1988
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| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161132 |
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