The Impact of the Global Food Crisis on Self-Assessed Food Security

Headey, Derek D.

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS;    AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY;    AGRICULTURAL WAGES;    AGRICULTURE;    CASH TRANSFERS;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-6329
RP-ID  :  WPS6329

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

The paper provides the first large-scalesurvey-based evidence on the impact of the global foodcrisis of 2007-08 using an indicator of self-assessed foodsecurity from the Gallup World Poll. For the sampledcountries as a whole, this subjective indicator of foodsecurity remained the same or even improved, seemingly owingto a combination of strong economic growth and limited foodinflation in some of the most populous countries,particularly India. However, these favorable global trendsmask divergent trends at the national and regional levels,with a number of countries reporting substantialdeterioration in food security. The impacts of the globalcrisis therefore appear to be highly context specific.