Assessing the Geographic Impact of Higher Food Prices in Guinea

Telling a policy maker that poverty will increase due to the recent increase in food prices is not very useful; telling the policy makers where the impact is likely to be larger is better, so that measures to cope with the impact of the crisis can...

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Main Authors: Coulombe, Harold, Wodon, Quentin
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/10/9900976/assessing-geographic-impact-higher-food-prices-guinea
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spelling okr-10986-69432021-04-23T14:02:32Z Assessing the Geographic Impact of Higher Food Prices in Guinea Coulombe, Harold Wodon, Quentin AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY ANTI-POVERTY CALORIC INTAKE CAPITA EXPENDITURE CASE STUDY CHANGE IN POVERTY CONSUMER PRICES CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE CONSUMPTION DATA CULTURAL CHANGE DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH GROUP DIET DISAGGREGATED LEVEL DISTRICT LEVEL ECONOMETRIC MODELS ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ERROR TERM ERROR TERMS ESTIMATES OF POVERTY ESTIMATION OF POVERTY EXPLANATORY VARIABLES FARM WORKERS FARMERS FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD IMPORTS FOOD ITEMS FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SUPPLY GEOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF POVERTY GINI INDEX HEADCOUNT RATIO HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEY DATA HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPACT OF SHOCKS IMPACT ON POVERTY INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GAINS INDEPENDENT VARIABLES INEQUALITY INEQUALITY MEASURES LEVEL OF POVERTY MEDIUM TERM NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY HEADCOUNT NEGATIVE EFFECT NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS PARAMETER ESTIMATES PER CAPITA EXPENDITURE POINT ESTIMATE POLICY INTERVENTIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POOR POOR AREAS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION SIZE POPULATION SUBGROUPS POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY GAP POVERTY GAP INDEX POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY MAP POVERTY MAPPING POVERTY MAPPING EXERCISE POVERTY MAPPING INITIATIVE POVERTY MAPPING METHODOLOGY POVERTY MAPS POVERTY MEASURE POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY PROFILES POVERTY PROGRAMS POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY SEVERITY PRO-POOR PROGRESS PUBLIC POLICY RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL POOR RURAL WELFARE SAFETY NET SAFETY NET PROGRAMS SAFETY NETS SIMULATIONS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL PROTECTION SQUARED POVERTY GAP SQUARED POVERTY GAP INDEX STANDARD DEVIATION STANDARD ERRORS SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TARGETING TRANSITION COUNTRIES URBAN AREAS URBAN POOR URBAN POVERTY VARIANCE-COVARIANCE MATRIX VILLAGE LEVEL WELFARE INDICATORS Telling a policy maker that poverty will increase due to the recent increase in food prices is not very useful; telling the policy makers where the impact is likely to be larger is better, so that measures to cope with the impact of the crisis can be targeted to areas that need them the most. This paper shows how to use poverty mapping techniques to assess where higher food prices are likely to hurt the most using Guinea census and survey data as a case study. The results suggest that in the case of a rice price increase, the poorest areas of the country will not be the hardest hit, especially if the potential positive impact of higher food prices on rice producers is taken into account, in which case poverty may decline in some of these areas even if for the country as a whole poverty will increase significantly due to the large share of rice in the household consumption budget. 2012-06-01T21:51:49Z 2012-06-01T21:51:49Z 2008-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/10/9900976/assessing-geographic-impact-higher-food-prices-guinea http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6943 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4743 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Africa Guinea
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topic AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
ANTI-POVERTY
CALORIC INTAKE
CAPITA EXPENDITURE
CASE STUDY
CHANGE IN POVERTY
CONSUMER PRICES
CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE
CONSUMPTION DATA
CULTURAL CHANGE
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH GROUP
DIET
DISAGGREGATED LEVEL
DISTRICT LEVEL
ECONOMETRIC MODELS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMICS
ERROR TERM
ERROR TERMS
ESTIMATES OF POVERTY
ESTIMATION OF POVERTY
EXPLANATORY VARIABLES
FARM WORKERS
FARMERS
FOOD CONSUMPTION
FOOD IMPORTS
FOOD ITEMS
FOOD PRICE
FOOD PRICES
FOOD PRODUCTION
FOOD SUPPLY
GEOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF POVERTY
GINI INDEX
HEADCOUNT RATIO
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD INCOMES
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY DATA
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HOUSING
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
IMPACT OF SHOCKS
IMPACT ON POVERTY
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME GAINS
INDEPENDENT VARIABLES
INEQUALITY
INEQUALITY MEASURES
LEVEL OF POVERTY
MEDIUM TERM
NATIONAL POVERTY
NATIONAL POVERTY HEADCOUNT
NEGATIVE EFFECT
NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS
PARAMETER ESTIMATES
PER CAPITA EXPENDITURE
POINT ESTIMATE
POLICY INTERVENTIONS
POLICY MAKERS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POOR
POOR AREAS
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POPULATION SIZE
POPULATION SUBGROUPS
POVERTY ESTIMATES
POVERTY GAP
POVERTY GAP INDEX
POVERTY IMPACT
POVERTY INDICATORS
POVERTY MAP
POVERTY MAPPING
POVERTY MAPPING EXERCISE
POVERTY MAPPING INITIATIVE
POVERTY MAPPING METHODOLOGY
POVERTY MAPS
POVERTY MEASURE
POVERTY MEASURES
POVERTY PROFILE
POVERTY PROFILES
POVERTY PROGRAMS
POVERTY RATES
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY SEVERITY
PRO-POOR
PROGRESS
PUBLIC POLICY
RURAL
RURAL AREAS
RURAL POOR
RURAL WELFARE
SAFETY NET
SAFETY NET PROGRAMS
SAFETY NETS
SIMULATIONS
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SQUARED POVERTY GAP
SQUARED POVERTY GAP INDEX
STANDARD DEVIATION
STANDARD ERRORS
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
TARGETING
TRANSITION COUNTRIES
URBAN AREAS
URBAN POOR
URBAN POVERTY
VARIANCE-COVARIANCE MATRIX
VILLAGE LEVEL
WELFARE INDICATORS
spellingShingle AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
ANTI-POVERTY
CALORIC INTAKE
CAPITA EXPENDITURE
CASE STUDY
CHANGE IN POVERTY
CONSUMER PRICES
CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE
CONSUMPTION DATA
CULTURAL CHANGE
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH GROUP
DIET
DISAGGREGATED LEVEL
DISTRICT LEVEL
ECONOMETRIC MODELS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMICS
ERROR TERM
ERROR TERMS
ESTIMATES OF POVERTY
ESTIMATION OF POVERTY
EXPLANATORY VARIABLES
FARM WORKERS
FARMERS
FOOD CONSUMPTION
FOOD IMPORTS
FOOD ITEMS
FOOD PRICE
FOOD PRICES
FOOD PRODUCTION
FOOD SUPPLY
GEOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF POVERTY
GINI INDEX
HEADCOUNT RATIO
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD INCOMES
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY DATA
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HOUSING
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
IMPACT OF SHOCKS
IMPACT ON POVERTY
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME GAINS
INDEPENDENT VARIABLES
INEQUALITY
INEQUALITY MEASURES
LEVEL OF POVERTY
MEDIUM TERM
NATIONAL POVERTY
NATIONAL POVERTY HEADCOUNT
NEGATIVE EFFECT
NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS
PARAMETER ESTIMATES
PER CAPITA EXPENDITURE
POINT ESTIMATE
POLICY INTERVENTIONS
POLICY MAKERS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POOR
POOR AREAS
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POPULATION SIZE
POPULATION SUBGROUPS
POVERTY ESTIMATES
POVERTY GAP
POVERTY GAP INDEX
POVERTY IMPACT
POVERTY INDICATORS
POVERTY MAP
POVERTY MAPPING
POVERTY MAPPING EXERCISE
POVERTY MAPPING INITIATIVE
POVERTY MAPPING METHODOLOGY
POVERTY MAPS
POVERTY MEASURE
POVERTY MEASURES
POVERTY PROFILE
POVERTY PROFILES
POVERTY PROGRAMS
POVERTY RATES
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY SEVERITY
PRO-POOR
PROGRESS
PUBLIC POLICY
RURAL
RURAL AREAS
RURAL POOR
RURAL WELFARE
SAFETY NET
SAFETY NET PROGRAMS
SAFETY NETS
SIMULATIONS
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SQUARED POVERTY GAP
SQUARED POVERTY GAP INDEX
STANDARD DEVIATION
STANDARD ERRORS
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
TARGETING
TRANSITION COUNTRIES
URBAN AREAS
URBAN POOR
URBAN POVERTY
VARIANCE-COVARIANCE MATRIX
VILLAGE LEVEL
WELFARE INDICATORS
Coulombe, Harold
Wodon, Quentin
Assessing the Geographic Impact of Higher Food Prices in Guinea
geographic_facet Africa
Guinea
relation Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4743
description Telling a policy maker that poverty will increase due to the recent increase in food prices is not very useful; telling the policy makers where the impact is likely to be larger is better, so that measures to cope with the impact of the crisis can be targeted to areas that need them the most. This paper shows how to use poverty mapping techniques to assess where higher food prices are likely to hurt the most using Guinea census and survey data as a case study. The results suggest that in the case of a rice price increase, the poorest areas of the country will not be the hardest hit, especially if the potential positive impact of higher food prices on rice producers is taken into account, in which case poverty may decline in some of these areas even if for the country as a whole poverty will increase significantly due to the large share of rice in the household consumption budget.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Coulombe, Harold
Wodon, Quentin
author_facet Coulombe, Harold
Wodon, Quentin
author_sort Coulombe, Harold
title Assessing the Geographic Impact of Higher Food Prices in Guinea
title_short Assessing the Geographic Impact of Higher Food Prices in Guinea
title_full Assessing the Geographic Impact of Higher Food Prices in Guinea
title_fullStr Assessing the Geographic Impact of Higher Food Prices in Guinea
title_full_unstemmed Assessing the Geographic Impact of Higher Food Prices in Guinea
title_sort assessing the geographic impact of higher food prices in guinea
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/10/9900976/assessing-geographic-impact-higher-food-prices-guinea
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6943
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