A Back of the Envelope Estimation of the Effect of Soaring Food Prices on World Hunger

Gustavo Anríquez

No 08-04, Working Papers from Agricultural and Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO - ESA)

Abstract: This paper suggests a methodology for estimating the effects of higher food prices on global undernourishment. The paper also presents the results of its implementation. The merits and drawbacks of this methodology are also discussed. The estimations of the number of new undernourished as a result of the current agricultural commodity price boom should not be taken as official FAO estimates, but rather as an illustration of the proposed methodology, and the promotion of an ongoing discussion.

Keywords: Food Prices; Undernourishment. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I3 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 18 pages
Date: 2008
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