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Food price inflation in Laos has surged into double digits since mid-2022, surpassing global and regional trends. High … policy brief examines the causes and impact of food inflation in Laos, aiming to inform policy actions to address the issue … food inflation on household welfare and food insecurity, the analysis empirically examines the factors that contribute to …
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This report focuses on the impact of policies and exogenous shocks on food inflation. It deals with four elements: 1 …. This report examines food and overall inflation trends in South Asia, which is experiencing relatively high inflation, and …, the report ends with some policy directions to manage the macroeconomic impact of food price inflation, and the potential …
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This paper examines the financing, pricing, and utilization of pharmaceuticals in China the pharmaceutical system as it … paper builds upon earlier critical reviews and other papers published in the series china health policy notes. The paper is …; China's position in the global market; and size, composition, and trends in the domestic market. The second section examines …
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"The spike in food prices between 2005 and the first half of 2008 has highlighted the vulnerabilities of poor consumers to higher prices of agricultural goods and generated calls for massive policy action. This paper provides a formal assessment of the direct and indirect impacts of higher...
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inflation, and hurt growth. Although commodity prices have come down recently, the benefits are being clouded by the emergence … monetary policy to reduce inflation, and increased spending on a range of safety net programs for the poor. Some of the …
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"Concerns have been raised about the impact of rising food prices worldwide on the poor. To assess the impact of rising food prices in any particular country it is necessary to look at both the impact on food producers who are poor or near-poor and could benefit from an increase in prices and...
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"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....
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"Many countries have been affected by food and oil price shocks. Rising energy costs have manifested themselves through higher prices of gas at the pump and through price increases for many other goods such as kerosene and transport. But in some countries there has also been some degree of...
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