TY  - JOUR
AV  - restricted
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dpr.12099
IS  - 2
PB  - Wiley
TI  - Impact of Rising World Rice Prices on Poverty and Inequality in Burkina Faso
A1  - Badolo, F
A1  - Traore, E
N1  - The authors thank Catherine Araujo Bonjean and Nicolas Minot for their helpful comments.
SN  - 09506764
VL  - 33
N2  - Between January 2006 and April 2008, the prices of most agricultural products rose considerably in international markets. Empirical studies show that this spike in world food prices increased the number of poor households in developing countries, but the extent was not the same in all countries. This article assesses the impact of rising rice prices on poverty and income inequality in Burkina Faso, using a methodology based on the concept of compensating variation combined with the net benefit ratio (NBR) developed by Deaton (1989) and a living standard survey (QUIBB, 2003). The results show that higher prices have a negative impact on income and poverty in the regions with a large proportion of households that are net buyers of rice. The poverty rate increases by 2.2 to 2.9 percentage points depending on the assumptions, the increase being higher in urban areas than in rural areas. Rising rice prices also increase income inequality, which increases particularly in urban areas and in relatively rich regions, but decreases in poor regions with a large proportion of rice producers.
SP  - 221
Y1  - 2015/03//
EP  - 244
ID  - icrisat10439
KW  - Developing countries
KW  -  market pricing
KW  -  poverty
KW  -  inequality
KW  -  rising rice prices
KW  -  poverty and income
inequality
KW  -  Burkina Faso
KW  -  increase income inequality
KW  -  Rice
JF  - Development Policy Review
ER  -