Convergence in Food Demand and Delivery: Do Middle-Income Countries Follow High-Income Trends?

Anita Regmi, Hiroyuki Takeshima and Laurian Unnevehr

Journal of Food Distribution Research, 2008, vol. 39, issue 01, 7

Abstract: This study uses food expenditures and food-sales data from 1990 to 2004 to examine whether food-consumption patterns and food-delivery-mechanism trends are converging across 47 high- and middle-income countries. Results point to a high degree of convergence in global food systems. Middle-income countries appear to be following trends in high-income countries. Convergence is apparent in most important food-expenditure categories and in indicators of food-system modernization such as supermarket and fast food sales.

Keywords: Food; Consumption/Nutrition/Food; Safety (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.55621

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