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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Information to guide policy responses to higher global food prices: The data and analyses required
Food Policy, Volume 38, No. 1, Year 2013
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National decision makers must understand the degree to which their country and population groups within it are exposed to the negative effects of higher global food prices or could exploit new economic opportunities offered by higher prices. This paper provides a conceptual overview of the range of data and analyses that will permit leaders and analysts serving them to assess the broad implications of higher global food prices for a country and its population groups. What we find is that there are a relatively small number of types of policy responses that governments might take in the face of a food price rise. Consequently, relatively well-defined sets of data need to be compiled and types of analyses used by government to generate the information needed to broadly guide efforts to prevent food price increases from becoming crises and to derive any possible benefits. International joint action can be employed profitably both to collect this data and to build national capacity to conduct the analyses needed to guide policy formulation and general program design in the face of the risks and the opportunities of higher food prices and to evaluate the effectiveness of those policy responses. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Benson, Todd David
Uganda, Kampala
International Food Policy Research Institute
Minot, Nicholas W.
United States, Washington, D.c.
International Food Policy Research Institute
Pender, John L.
United States, Washington, D.c.
International Food Policy Research Institute
United States, Washington, D.c.
Usda Economic Research Service
Robles, Miguel
United States, Washington, D.c.
International Food Policy Research Institute
von Braun, Joachim
United States, Washington, D.c.
International Food Policy Research Institute
Germany, Bonn
Zentrum Für Entwicklungsforschung
Statistics
Citations: 26
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.foodpol.2012.10.001
ISSN:
03069192
Research Areas
Food Security
Health System And Policy
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study