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The Ukraine war and rising commodity prices: Implications for developing countries

  • Publication | 2023
Global Food and Nutrition Security

Highlights

  • The Ukraine War severely disrupted global markets for food, fuel, and fertilizer.

  • The macroeconomic effects of rising prices depend on countries' unique economic structures.

  • Socioeconomic impacts reflect countries' and individuals' consumption and employment patterns.

  • Household consumption and poverty are most affected by higher fuel and food prices.

  • Deteriorating undernourishment and diet quality are driven more by rising food prices.

Abstract

The Russia-Ukraine war's impact on food, fuel, and fertilizer prices is a major concern for global poverty and food insecurity. Despite numerous studies and editorials on the risks and challenges of the crisis, there is little quantitative analysis of its consequences for developing countries. We use national economywide models to measure the near-term impacts of the crisis on agrifood systems, poverty, and food insecurity in 19 countries. Despite wide variations across countries, results confirm the adverse impacts of the crisis, with a total 27.2 and 22.3 million more people pushed into poverty and hunger, respectively. Agrifood systems and poverty are more vulnerable to rising fuel and fertilizer prices, whereas hunger and diet quality are more affected by higher food prices.

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Authors
Channing Arndt, Xinshen Diao, Paul Dorosh, Karl Pauw, James Thurlow
Publisher
Elsevier
Geographic coverageGlobal
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14 Mar 2023

Knowledge service | MetadataGlobal Food and Nutrition Security | Food crises and food and nutrition security | DietFood price crisisUndernutrition
Digital Europa Thesaurus (DET)war in Ukrainedeveloping countriesCommodityPricehouseholdpovertyModellingnutrition
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