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Since Amartya Sen's famous work on Poverty and Famines, economists have understood that the impacts of food market shocks on the poor depend much more on their impacts on households’ incomes and access to food than on overall food availability, an
Impacts of COVID‐19 induced income and rice price shocks on household welfare in Papua New Guinea: Household model estimates
Concerns over the potential effects of the COVID‐19 pandemic have led to trade restrictions by major rice exporters, contributing to an average 25% increase in Thai and Vietnamese rice export prices between December 2019 and March–September 2020.
Trade, value chains, and rent distribution with foreign exchange controls: Coffee exports in Ethiopia
Exchange rate policies can have important implications on incentives for export agriculture. However, their effects are often not well understood.
Trade, policy, and food security
How can decisionmakers resolve the tension between optimal long-run policies and short-run initiatives to address food security concerns?