Are Foreign Aid and Remittances a Hedge against Food Price Shocks in Developing Countries?

Jean-Louis Combes, Christian Hubert Ebeke () and Sabine Mireille Ntsama
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: THIERRY Urbain YOGO ()

No 201121, Working Papers from CERDI

Abstract: This paper measures the effects of food price shocks on both the level of household consumption per capita and the instability of the household consumption per capita growth rate in developing countries. In this vein, the paper explores the role of aid and remittance inflows in the mitigation of the effects of food price shocks in the recipient economies. Using a large sample of developing countries observed over the period 1980-2009 and mobilising dynamic panel data specifications, the econometric results yield three important findings. First, food price shocks significantly affect both the level and the instability of household consumption in highly vulnerable countries. Second, remittance and aid inflows significantly dampen the effect of food price shocks in the most vulnerable countries. Third, a lower remittance-to-GDP ratio is required in order to fully absorb the effects of food price shocks compared to the corresponding aid-to-GDP ratio.

Keywords: Household consumption; Food price shocks; Vulnerability; Aid; Remittances (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35
Date: 2011
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