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 …

We simulate the impact of actual food price increase between June 2006 and June 2008 on poverty across different areas … households, the opposite is true for the poverty gap and poverty severity measures, because poor agricultural households are …