Inflation and diets among poor mothers in Egypt
Global food price increases and widespread inflationary shocks negatively affect poor households’ diets, particularly those of women who are more likely to be food insecure compared to men. This study evaluates the relationship between changes in food prices triggered by the Russia-Ukraine war in Fe...
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| author | Hashad, Reem Jovanovic, Nina Karachiwalla, Naureen Kurdi, Sikandra |
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| description | Global food price increases and widespread inflationary shocks negatively affect poor households’ diets, particularly those of women who are more likely to be food insecure compared to men. This study evaluates the relationship between changes in food prices triggered by the Russia-Ukraine war in February 2022 and poor mothers’ diets in Egypt, a country that heavily relies on imports of staple foods and is highly vulnerable to increases in international food prices. We combine food group specific governorate-level consumer price index (CPI) data with data on diets of 2,868 poor mothers in Egypt collected before and after the onset of the war. Additionally, we examine the potential protective effect of Egypt’s large-scale food subsidy program, Tamween, whereby specific foods are sold at subsidized prices at specific retailers. Using two-way fixed effects models, we find that changes in food prices are significantly associated with changes in the composition of mothers’ diets. Mothers were less likely to consume dairy and fish and more likely to consume pulses and sweetened beverages after the war began. Poor mothers decreased consumption of unsubsidized foods, suggesting a protective role of the Egyptian food subsidy program. This paper also provides suggestive evidence that poor mothers from households engaged in agricultural production could be slightly less responsive to changes in food prices compared to mothers from households that do not engage in agricultural production. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1795532026-01-09T02:05:46Z Inflation and diets among poor mothers in Egypt Hashad, Reem Jovanovic, Nina Karachiwalla, Naureen Kurdi, Sikandra inflation diet gender poverty mothers dietary diversity price volatility Global food price increases and widespread inflationary shocks negatively affect poor households’ diets, particularly those of women who are more likely to be food insecure compared to men. This study evaluates the relationship between changes in food prices triggered by the Russia-Ukraine war in February 2022 and poor mothers’ diets in Egypt, a country that heavily relies on imports of staple foods and is highly vulnerable to increases in international food prices. We combine food group specific governorate-level consumer price index (CPI) data with data on diets of 2,868 poor mothers in Egypt collected before and after the onset of the war. Additionally, we examine the potential protective effect of Egypt’s large-scale food subsidy program, Tamween, whereby specific foods are sold at subsidized prices at specific retailers. Using two-way fixed effects models, we find that changes in food prices are significantly associated with changes in the composition of mothers’ diets. Mothers were less likely to consume dairy and fish and more likely to consume pulses and sweetened beverages after the war began. Poor mothers decreased consumption of unsubsidized foods, suggesting a protective role of the Egyptian food subsidy program. This paper also provides suggestive evidence that poor mothers from households engaged in agricultural production could be slightly less responsive to changes in food prices compared to mothers from households that do not engage in agricultural production. 2025-12-31 2026-01-08T21:17:10Z 2026-01-08T21:17:10Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179553 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Hashad, Reem; Jovanovic, Nina; Karachiwalla, Naureen; and Kurdi, Sikandra. 2025. Inflation and diets among poor mothers in Egypt. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2394. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179553 |
| spellingShingle | inflation diet gender poverty mothers dietary diversity price volatility Hashad, Reem Jovanovic, Nina Karachiwalla, Naureen Kurdi, Sikandra Inflation and diets among poor mothers in Egypt |
| title | Inflation and diets among poor mothers in Egypt |
| title_full | Inflation and diets among poor mothers in Egypt |
| title_fullStr | Inflation and diets among poor mothers in Egypt |
| title_full_unstemmed | Inflation and diets among poor mothers in Egypt |
| title_short | Inflation and diets among poor mothers in Egypt |
| title_sort | inflation and diets among poor mothers in egypt |
| topic | inflation diet gender poverty mothers dietary diversity price volatility |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179553 |
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