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Poverty, inequality, and spillover in Mexico's education, health, and nutrition program
Handa, Sudhanshu; Huerta, Mari-Carmen; Perez, Raul; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2001
nutrition surveillance rates; and (5) changes in prices (inflation). …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997223
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Poverty, inequality, and spillover in Mexico's education, health, and nutrition program
Handa, Sudhanshu; Huerta, Mari-Carmen; Perez, Raul; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2001
nutrition surveillance rates; and (5) changes in prices (inflation). …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037823
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Urban wage behavior and food price inflation: the case of Ethiopia [Working Paper]:
Headey, Derek D.; Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane; Worku, Ibrahim; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
changes in nominal wages respond to changes in food and non-food prices. We find alarming results. The disposable income of … daily laborer’s declined sharply as food prices soared in 2007–2008, and there is neither descriptive nor econometric … evidence that wages substantially adjust to higher food prices, except in the long run. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132609
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Urban wage behavior and food price inflation: the case of Ethiopia [Research Note]:
Headey, Derek D.; Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane; Worku, Ibrahim; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114820
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Market interdependence and volatility transmission among major crops:
Gardebroek, Cornelis; Hernandez, Manuel A.; Robles, Miguel - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the dynamics of volatility between the corn, wheat, and soybean markets in the United States. Volatility interactions across markets, if they exist, may lower the effectiveness of diversification strategies to mitigate price risks and should be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850569
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Co-movement of major commodity price returns: A time-series assessment:
de Nicola, Francesca; De Pace, Pierangelo; Hernandez, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the degree of co-movement among the nominal price returns of 11 major energy, agricultural, and food commodities using monthly data between 1970 and 2013. The authors study the extent and the time evolution of unconditional and conditional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886774
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Economic implications of foreign exchange rationing in Ethiopia:
Dorosh, Paul A.; Robinson, Sherman; Ahmed, Hashim - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
-protected importables. Moreover, major external shocks to the economy (including increases in world prices of fuel in 2007 and early 2008 …) exacerbated foreign exchange and macro-economic imbalances. Beginning in March 2008, access to foreign exchange for imports has … the effects of changes in world prices and to assess dynamic effects of shocks and policies on growth and income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010933116
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The impact of “At-the-Border†and “Behind-the-Border†policies on cost-reducing research and development:
Berthoumieu, Julien; Bouët, Antoine - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
This research paper is aimed at understanding why border trade policies are today complemented with behind-the-border policies like output subsidies, R&D subsidies, and public R&D investments. This is a new type of protectionism that becomes prominent since the 2006-2008 economic crisis. In this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272215
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Building a resilient global food system by lowering food price spikes and volatility:
Fan, Shenggen; Brzeska, Joanna - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277412
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Maize Price Differences and Evidence of Spatial Integration in Malawi: The case of selected markets:
Nyongo, Lovemore - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
markets, while two of the three rural markets are border markets. The study uses monthly maize retail prices for the period …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010762091