The impact of food inflation on urban poverty and its monetary cost: Some back-of-the-envelope calculations

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 39, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 417-429

  Dessus, Sébastien ^a   Herrera, Santiago ^a   De Hoyos, Rafael ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Food prices; Urban poverty

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOOD MARKET; INCOME; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; PRICE DYNAMICS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 57549108109     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2008.00348.x     Document Type: Article

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