The Impact of the Food Price Crisis on Consumption and Caloric Availability in Pakistan : Evidence from Repeated Cross-sectional and Panel Data

Welfare losses from the 2008 food price crisis in Pakistan are deepening the gap between poor and non poor populations and further increasing inequality between the provinces. To estimate welfare losses, the reduction in caloric availability at hou...

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Main Authors: Friedman, Jed, Hong, Seo Yeon, Hou, Xiaohui
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Language:English
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spelling okr-10986-135842021-04-23T14:03:08Z The Impact of the Food Price Crisis on Consumption and Caloric Availability in Pakistan : Evidence from Repeated Cross-sectional and Panel Data Friedman, Jed Hong, Seo Yeon Hou, Xiaohui ABSOLUTE TERMS AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE AVERAGE PRICES BEEF BEVERAGES BREAD BUTTER CALORIC CONSUMPTION CALORIE INTAKE CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS CASH TRANSFERS CEREAL PRODUCTS CEREALS CHEESE CHEWING GUM CHOCOLATE CINNAMON CITRUS FRUIT CONDENSED MILK CONDIMENTS CONFECTIONERY CONSUMER PRICE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX COOKING COPING MECHANISMS CORN COST OF FOOD CREAM CREDIT MARKETS CROP PRODUCTION DAIRY DATES DIETARY DIVERSITY DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC SHOCKS EGGS EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES FARM INCOME FARMERS FATS FOOD COMMODITIES FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD GOODS FOOD INSECURITY FOOD ITEMS FOOD POLICY FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCTION FRUIT FRUIT JUICES FRUIT VEGETABLES FRUITS GRAINS GRAPES HONEY HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GAINS INCOME SHOCK INCOME SUPPORT INEQUALITY INFLATION IRRIGATION JAMS JUICES LANDLESS HOUSEHOLDS LIVESTOCK OWNERSHIP MALNUTRITION MANGO MARGARINE MEAT MUTTON NATURAL DISASTERS NUTRITION PEANUTS PEPPER POOR POOR FAMILIES POOR HOUSEHOLD POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR RURAL HOUSEHOLDS POORER HOUSEHOLDS POTATO POVERTY LINE PRICE CHANGE PRICE CHANGES PRICE INCREASE PRICE INCREASES PRICE INDEX PRICE LEVEL PRICE TREND PULSES REGIONAL DIFFERENCE REGIONAL DIMENSIONS REGIONAL INCOME RETAIL RETAIL PRICE RETAIL PRICES RICE RURAL RURAL AREA RURAL AREAS RURAL DIFFERENCES RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POOR SAFETY NET SAFETY NET PROGRAMS SAFETY NET SYSTEM SALE SALES SCHOOLING SESAME SEEDS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOYBEAN SPICES STAPLE FOODS SUBSTITUTE SUBSTITUTION SUBSTITUTION EFFECT SUGAR SUGARCANE TARGETING TEA TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TURMERIC VEGETABLES VOLATILITY VULNERABLE SEGMENTS WALNUT WELFARE IMPLICATIONS WELFARE INDICATOR WHEAT WHEAT FLOUR WHEAT PRODUCTION food crisis compensating variations Welfare losses from the 2008 food price crisis in Pakistan are deepening the gap between poor and non poor populations and further increasing inequality between the provinces. To estimate welfare losses, the reduction in caloric availability at household level is measured. The analysis of calorie intake by source supports the notion that rural households were shielded from the worst effects of the crisis by their capacity to grow their own food. Compensating variation estimates suggest that the average household would need 38 percent of its total precrisis expenditure to maintain precrisis consumption levels. The impact of the food price crisis (measured as the percentage of total expenditure required to restore consumption to the precrisis level) peaked at the end of 2008 to twice as high as at the start of the year. Average household caloric availability fell by almost 8 percent between 2006 and first half of 2008. Urban households were relatively worse off than rural households during the crisis. Income gains from sales of agricultural commodities produced by rural households presumably offset the negative impact of the food crisis to some degree. The drawdown of assets over 2008-10 was another important coping mechanism, especially for households without access to land. 2013-05-28T20:26:51Z 2013-05-28T20:26:51Z 2011-11 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/11/15633637/impact-food-price-crisis-consumption-caloric-availability-pakistan-evidence-repeated-cross-sectional-panel-data http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13584 English en_US Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP) discussion paper; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia Pakistan
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topic ABSOLUTE TERMS
AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
AGRICULTURAL LAND
AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURE
AVERAGE PRICES
BEEF
BEVERAGES
BREAD
BUTTER
CALORIC CONSUMPTION
CALORIE INTAKE
CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS
CASH TRANSFERS
CEREAL PRODUCTS
CEREALS
CHEESE
CHEWING GUM
CHOCOLATE
CINNAMON
CITRUS FRUIT
CONDENSED MILK
CONDIMENTS
CONFECTIONERY
CONSUMER PRICE
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
COOKING
COPING MECHANISMS
CORN
COST OF FOOD
CREAM
CREDIT MARKETS
CROP PRODUCTION
DAIRY
DATES
DIETARY DIVERSITY
DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC SHOCKS
EGGS
EXPENDITURE
EXPENDITURES
FARM INCOME
FARMERS
FATS
FOOD COMMODITIES
FOOD CONSUMPTION
FOOD GOODS
FOOD INSECURITY
FOOD ITEMS
FOOD POLICY
FOOD PRICE
FOOD PRICES
FOOD PRODUCTION
FRUIT
FRUIT JUICES
FRUIT VEGETABLES
FRUITS
GRAINS
GRAPES
HONEY
HOUSEHOLD BUDGET
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD HEAD
HOUSEHOLD HEADS
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME GAINS
INCOME SHOCK
INCOME SUPPORT
INEQUALITY
INFLATION
IRRIGATION
JAMS
JUICES
LANDLESS HOUSEHOLDS
LIVESTOCK OWNERSHIP
MALNUTRITION
MANGO
MARGARINE
MEAT
MUTTON
NATURAL DISASTERS
NUTRITION
PEANUTS
PEPPER
POOR
POOR FAMILIES
POOR HOUSEHOLD
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POOR RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
POORER HOUSEHOLDS
POTATO
POVERTY LINE
PRICE CHANGE
PRICE CHANGES
PRICE INCREASE
PRICE INCREASES
PRICE INDEX
PRICE LEVEL
PRICE TREND
PULSES
REGIONAL DIFFERENCE
REGIONAL DIMENSIONS
REGIONAL INCOME
RETAIL
RETAIL PRICE
RETAIL PRICES
RICE
RURAL
RURAL AREA
RURAL AREAS
RURAL DIFFERENCES
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
RURAL POOR
SAFETY NET
SAFETY NET PROGRAMS
SAFETY NET SYSTEM
SALE
SALES
SCHOOLING
SESAME SEEDS
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOYBEAN
SPICES
STAPLE FOODS
SUBSTITUTE
SUBSTITUTION
SUBSTITUTION EFFECT
SUGAR
SUGARCANE
TARGETING
TEA
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TURMERIC
VEGETABLES
VOLATILITY
VULNERABLE SEGMENTS
WALNUT
WELFARE IMPLICATIONS
WELFARE INDICATOR
WHEAT
WHEAT FLOUR
WHEAT PRODUCTION
food crisis
compensating variations
spellingShingle ABSOLUTE TERMS
AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
AGRICULTURAL LAND
AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURE
AVERAGE PRICES
BEEF
BEVERAGES
BREAD
BUTTER
CALORIC CONSUMPTION
CALORIE INTAKE
CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS
CASH TRANSFERS
CEREAL PRODUCTS
CEREALS
CHEESE
CHEWING GUM
CHOCOLATE
CINNAMON
CITRUS FRUIT
CONDENSED MILK
CONDIMENTS
CONFECTIONERY
CONSUMER PRICE
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
COOKING
COPING MECHANISMS
CORN
COST OF FOOD
CREAM
CREDIT MARKETS
CROP PRODUCTION
DAIRY
DATES
DIETARY DIVERSITY
DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC SHOCKS
EGGS
EXPENDITURE
EXPENDITURES
FARM INCOME
FARMERS
FATS
FOOD COMMODITIES
FOOD CONSUMPTION
FOOD GOODS
FOOD INSECURITY
FOOD ITEMS
FOOD POLICY
FOOD PRICE
FOOD PRICES
FOOD PRODUCTION
FRUIT
FRUIT JUICES
FRUIT VEGETABLES
FRUITS
GRAINS
GRAPES
HONEY
HOUSEHOLD BUDGET
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD HEAD
HOUSEHOLD HEADS
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME GAINS
INCOME SHOCK
INCOME SUPPORT
INEQUALITY
INFLATION
IRRIGATION
JAMS
JUICES
LANDLESS HOUSEHOLDS
LIVESTOCK OWNERSHIP
MALNUTRITION
MANGO
MARGARINE
MEAT
MUTTON
NATURAL DISASTERS
NUTRITION
PEANUTS
PEPPER
POOR
POOR FAMILIES
POOR HOUSEHOLD
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POOR RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
POORER HOUSEHOLDS
POTATO
POVERTY LINE
PRICE CHANGE
PRICE CHANGES
PRICE INCREASE
PRICE INCREASES
PRICE INDEX
PRICE LEVEL
PRICE TREND
PULSES
REGIONAL DIFFERENCE
REGIONAL DIMENSIONS
REGIONAL INCOME
RETAIL
RETAIL PRICE
RETAIL PRICES
RICE
RURAL
RURAL AREA
RURAL AREAS
RURAL DIFFERENCES
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
RURAL POOR
SAFETY NET
SAFETY NET PROGRAMS
SAFETY NET SYSTEM
SALE
SALES
SCHOOLING
SESAME SEEDS
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOYBEAN
SPICES
STAPLE FOODS
SUBSTITUTE
SUBSTITUTION
SUBSTITUTION EFFECT
SUGAR
SUGARCANE
TARGETING
TEA
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TURMERIC
VEGETABLES
VOLATILITY
VULNERABLE SEGMENTS
WALNUT
WELFARE IMPLICATIONS
WELFARE INDICATOR
WHEAT
WHEAT FLOUR
WHEAT PRODUCTION
food crisis
compensating variations
Friedman, Jed
Hong, Seo Yeon
Hou, Xiaohui
The Impact of the Food Price Crisis on Consumption and Caloric Availability in Pakistan : Evidence from Repeated Cross-sectional and Panel Data
geographic_facet South Asia
Pakistan
relation Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP) discussion paper;
description Welfare losses from the 2008 food price crisis in Pakistan are deepening the gap between poor and non poor populations and further increasing inequality between the provinces. To estimate welfare losses, the reduction in caloric availability at household level is measured. The analysis of calorie intake by source supports the notion that rural households were shielded from the worst effects of the crisis by their capacity to grow their own food. Compensating variation estimates suggest that the average household would need 38 percent of its total precrisis expenditure to maintain precrisis consumption levels. The impact of the food price crisis (measured as the percentage of total expenditure required to restore consumption to the precrisis level) peaked at the end of 2008 to twice as high as at the start of the year. Average household caloric availability fell by almost 8 percent between 2006 and first half of 2008. Urban households were relatively worse off than rural households during the crisis. Income gains from sales of agricultural commodities produced by rural households presumably offset the negative impact of the food crisis to some degree. The drawdown of assets over 2008-10 was another important coping mechanism, especially for households without access to land.
format Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author Friedman, Jed
Hong, Seo Yeon
Hou, Xiaohui
author_facet Friedman, Jed
Hong, Seo Yeon
Hou, Xiaohui
author_sort Friedman, Jed
title The Impact of the Food Price Crisis on Consumption and Caloric Availability in Pakistan : Evidence from Repeated Cross-sectional and Panel Data
title_short The Impact of the Food Price Crisis on Consumption and Caloric Availability in Pakistan : Evidence from Repeated Cross-sectional and Panel Data
title_full The Impact of the Food Price Crisis on Consumption and Caloric Availability in Pakistan : Evidence from Repeated Cross-sectional and Panel Data
title_fullStr The Impact of the Food Price Crisis on Consumption and Caloric Availability in Pakistan : Evidence from Repeated Cross-sectional and Panel Data
title_full_unstemmed The Impact of the Food Price Crisis on Consumption and Caloric Availability in Pakistan : Evidence from Repeated Cross-sectional and Panel Data
title_sort impact of the food price crisis on consumption and caloric availability in pakistan : evidence from repeated cross-sectional and panel data
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/11/15633637/impact-food-price-crisis-consumption-caloric-availability-pakistan-evidence-repeated-cross-sectional-panel-data
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13584
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