Information to guide policy responses to higher global food prices: The data and analyses required

Food Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 47-58

  Benson, Todd ^a   Minot, Nicholas ^b   Pender, John ^b,c   Robles, Miguel ^b   von Braun, Joachim ^b,d  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Analytical methods; Food price rise; Information needs; Policy response

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FOOD POLICY; PRICE DYNAMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84868243544     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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