Escalating Food Prices: The threat to poor households and policies to safeguard a Recovery for All

Isabel Ortiz, Jingqing Chai and Matthew Cummins

Working papers from UNICEF,Division of Policy and Strategy

Abstract: This working paper: (i) briefly reviews possible causes of the food price spike that began in mid-2010; (ii) examines recent local food price movements in 58 developing countries during 2010; (iii) discusses the adverse impacts of food price increases on households; (iv) presents a rapid desk review of international and domestic policy responses in 98 developing countries under a three-pillar policy framework—supporting consumption, boosting production and regulating/managing food markets; and (v) calls for urgent and coordinated policy actions by national governments and the international community.

Keywords: food price; commodity price; food inflation; food crisis; supply shock; exchange rate; export ban; commodity futures; hunger; malnutrition; poverty; inequality; import bills; subsidies; tariffs; food market regulation; crisis recovery; fiscal consolidation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H H12 I38 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 38 pages
Date: 2011
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