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GTAP Resource #4305

"Fluctuating staple prices and household poverty in India"
by Shutes, Lindsay, Anand Ganesh-Kumar and Gerdien Meijerink


Abstract
The general perception is that high food prices in India have increased poverty and that trade reforms will further worsen poverty. We compare Foster-Greer-Thorbecke poverty measures for various scenarios of grain price swings with and without trade reform, using price and income effects for 32 representative households computed from a global economic model and a model of India's economy. The results suggest that a rise in the global rice price actually provides strong opportunities for poverty alleviation. Global trade reform reinforces this effect for all rural population groups. An increase in urban poverty partly offsets the overall poverty reduction. While India's trade measures effectively isolate sectors from swings in global markets, they also cause India to miss opportunities to benefit from buoyant global prices.


Resource Details (Export Citation) GTAP Keywords
Category: Other CGE Application
Status: Not published
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Date: 2012
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Created: Shutes, L. (11/20/2013)
Updated: Batta, G. (11/20/2013)
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- Economic analysis of poverty
- Food prices and food security
- Asia (South-Central)


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