Relative food prices under structural adjustment : preliminary findings from Latin America
Byerlee, D.
Relative food prices under structural adjustment : preliminary findings from Latin America - United Kingdom : Elsevier, 1991. - Printed
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This article examines the effects of changes in policies concerning exchange rates and consumer subsidies on relative prices of staple foods in selected Latin American countries. In countries where previously high subsidies on imported foods were reduced sharply or eliminated during the 1980s, prices of imported tradables have risen relative to prices of domestically produced foods. Elsewhere the impact of structural adjustment programmes has not been very clear, and more in-depth research is needed.
Text in English
0306-9192
https://doi.org/10.1016/0306-9192(91)90079-Y
Food Prices
Economic policies
Food security
Subsidies
Relative food prices under structural adjustment : preliminary findings from Latin America - United Kingdom : Elsevier, 1991. - Printed
Peer review Peer-review: Yes - Open Access: Yes|http://science.thomsonreuters.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jlresults.cgi?PC=MASTER&ISSN=0306-9192
This article examines the effects of changes in policies concerning exchange rates and consumer subsidies on relative prices of staple foods in selected Latin American countries. In countries where previously high subsidies on imported foods were reduced sharply or eliminated during the 1980s, prices of imported tradables have risen relative to prices of domestically produced foods. Elsewhere the impact of structural adjustment programmes has not been very clear, and more in-depth research is needed.
Text in English
0306-9192
https://doi.org/10.1016/0306-9192(91)90079-Y
Food Prices
Economic policies
Food security
Subsidies