Food Price Escalation in South Asia—A Serious and Growing Concern
Carrasco, Bruno; Mukhopadhyay, Hiranya | February 2012
Abstract
South Asia is arguably the most vulnerable region to increasing food inflation given the large segment of the population living below or near the poverty line. This paper deals with the problems related to food price inflation in South Asia in a comprehensive manner. It presents an in-depth empirical analysis of the possible factors that could explain the increase in food inflation, and discusses the impact of food price inflation on poverty and macroeconomic stability in South Asia. The paper further proposes some practical policies to address the situation, including how regionalism may be a solution to food inflation
Citation
Carrasco, Bruno; Mukhopadhyay, Hiranya. 2012. Food Price Escalation in South Asia—A Serious and Growing Concern. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/1387. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Keywords
Sustainable agriculture
Agriculture
Commercial agriculture
Fight Against Poverty
Poverty In Developing Countries
Rural Poverty Alleviation
Urban Poverty
Rural Poverty
Agricultural education
Sustainable development
Environmental management
Agricultural investment
Disadvantaged Groups
Poverty Elimination
Economic and Social Development
Social Conditions
Agribusiness
Agricultural diversification
Agricultural resource
Farm produce
Land capability for agriculture
Food Supply
Rural land use
Technological innovations
Agricultural innovations
Farm supply industry
Natural resource
Adaptive natural resource management
Produce trade
Poor
Price Indexes
Intergrated rural development
Cost and standard of living
Population
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