The Impact of Economic Shocks on Global Undernourishment

This paper estimates the impact of the 2008 food price spike and the 2009 contraction in global growth on undernourishment rates. The analysis is based on a methodology that uses a calorie-income relationship and income distribution data. The authors find that the 2008 global food price spike may have increased global undernourishment by about 6.8 percent, or 63 million people. Moreover, they show that the sharp slowdown in global growth in 2009 could have contributed to 41 million more undernourished people compared with what would have happened if the economic crisis had not occurred.

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Main Authors:	Zaman, Hassan, Tiwari, Sailesh
Language:	English
Published:	2010-02-01
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURE, AVERAGE PRICE, BALANCE SHEETS, CALORIC INTAKE, CALORIC REQUIREMENTS, CALORIE INTAKE, CALORIES PER PERSON, CALORIES PER PERSON PER DAY, CASSAVA, CEREAL PRICES, CHILD NUTRITION, COMMODITY, CONSUMER PRICES, CONSUMERS, CONSUMPTION DATA, COUNTRY FIXED EFFECT, COUNTRY FIXED EFFECTS, CREDIT, DEMAND, DEMAND FOR FOOD, DEMOGRAPHIC, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPING COUNTRY, DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, DEVELOPMENT FINANCE, DISTRIBUTION, DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME, DOMESTIC ECONOMIES, DOMESTIC PRICES, ECONOMETRICS, ECONOMIC CRISES, ECONOMIC CRISIS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC SHOCK, ECONOMIC SHOCKS, ELASTICITY, ENERGY PRICES, ENGEL CURVE, EQUITY, EXCHANGE, FINANCIAL CRISIS, FINANCIAL MARKETS, FOOD, FOOD CONSUMPTION, FOOD INSECURITY, FOOD POLICY, FOOD PRICE, FOOD PRICES, FOOD PRODUCTION, FOOD SECURITY, FOODS, FORECASTS, GDP, GLOBAL ECONOMIC PROSPECTS, GLOBAL POVERTY, GROWTH RATE, GROWTH RATES, INCOME, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, INCOME EFFECTS, INCOME ELASTICITY OF DEMAND, INCOME GROUPS, INCOMES, INFANT DEATHS, INFLATION, INTERNATIONAL MARKETS, INVESTMENTS, LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES, MAIZE, MALNUTRITION, MARKET, MARKETS, MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES, MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES, NUTRITION, NUTRITION OUTCOMES, NUTRITIONAL STATUS, OUTCOMES, PER CAPITA INCOME, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POOR COUNTRIES, POVERTY, POVERTY IMPACT, POVERTY LINE, POVERTY PROFILE, POVERTY REDUCTION, POWER PARITY, PRICE, PRICE CHANGE, PRICE CHANGES, PRICE ELASTICITY, PRICE INCREASE, PRICE INCREASES, PRICE INDEX, PRICE MOVEMENTS, PRICE VOLATILITY, PRODUCT, PRODUCTION FUNCTION, PURCHASING, PURCHASING POWER, QUALITY OF DIET, REAL INCOME, REGION, REGIONAL AGGREGATES, REGIONAL AVERAGES, REGIONAL GROWTH, REGIONS, RICE, SANITATION, SHARE, SUBSTITUTION, SUPPLY, TRADE, VARIABLES, WAGES, WELFARE, WHEAT, WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS, ZERO ELASTICITY,
Online Access:	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20100223161348 https://hdl.handle.net/10986/3705
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