Standard microeconomic methods consistently suggest that, in the short run, higher food prices increase poverty in … systematically test the relationship between changes in domestic food prices and changes in poverty. We find robust evidence that in … the long run (one to five years) higher food prices reduce poverty and inequality. The magnitudes of these effects vary …

Knowledge of actual poverty prevalence is important for any society concerned with improving public welfare and … reducing poverty. In this paper, we calculate and compare the poverty incidence rate in China using four nationally …

literature disaggregating the growth–poverty relationship in agriculture. Although our estimated elasticities are higher for …