The goal of this report is to examine the impact of the global food crisis on sub-Saharan
African countries. In particularly, we focus on two questions: To what degree have changes …

Most studies of the welfare impact of higher food prices adopt Deaton's approach, based on
the first‐order effect of prices changes using income and expenditure survey data. This …

Latent class analysis is applied to a hedonic price model to examine the presence of
heterogeneity in consumer valuation of quality attributes in the Beninese rice market. Three …

In the wake of the global food crisis of 2007 08 and additional price spikes since then,
greater attention has been given to the welfare impact of food price increases in developing …

World prices for staple foods increased between 2006 and 2008, and accelerated sharply in
2008. Initial analysis indicated that the adverse effects of higher food prices in Uganda were …

Between January 2006 and April 2008, the prices of most agricultural products rose
considerably in international markets. Empirical studies show that this spike in world food …

The paper presents the impact of a simulated increase in food prices on the household's wel-
fare in India from the NSS Survey” Consumer Expenditure”(Round 61st). It attempts to …

Purpose An extended period of economic growth along with stubborn childhood stunting
and wasting levels raises questions about how consumer food purchasing behaviors …

This paper presents a model where misallocation in the agricultural factors of production is
caused by transportation costs to and from local markets, which result in an inefficiently large …

The agricultural sector plays a major role in Ghana's economy, contributing 21.5% to the
Gross Domestic Product [GDP], employing about 69% of the labour force and serving as a …