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The effects of changing food prices on welfare and poverty in Guatemala

13/06/2011

11 pages long

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Keywords

Development in Practice Journal
DiP
Food prices
Livelihoods
Welfare

Overview

This study analyses the welfare and poverty effects of the 2007–08 food-price crisis on households in Guatemala. Estimates reveal that the price increases negatively affected 96.4 per cent of households and resulted in a 1.1 per cent increase in the national poverty rate. On average, households lose 2.3 per cent of their expenditure capacity, and […]

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