Rising Food Prices and Children’s Welfare

After three consecutive decades of decline, world prices of food commodities have risen over the past few years at an alarming pace. Rising food prices are a cause of major concern because high food prices bring significant and immediate setbacks for poverty reduction, nutrition, social stability, inflation and a rules-based trading system. Food prices are unique since food is unlike any other good. Food is essential for survival; it is the most basic of basic needs

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Lustig, Nora
Institutions:	UNICEF, Division of Policy and Practice
Subject:	child poverty \| child disparities \| policy design \| measuring poverty \| development strategies \| food prices \| basic needs \| poverty reduction \| nutrition \| social stability

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Series:	Working briefs.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series Working briefs 6 pages
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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