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Distributional impacts of global food price shocks in South Africa: Case of Russian-Ukraine conflict

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  • Faaiqa Hartley
  • Sherwin Gabriel

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The world has faced an increasing number of global shocks that have resulted in large and unpredictable changes in global prices, particularly of food. These increases, coupled with the negative impacts of shocks to economic growth, have had damaging effects on welfare, hunger, and diets. Future global price shocks are likely, whether spurred by geopolitical tensions, climatic extremes, or natural disasters. This paper assesses the distributional impact of food price shocks on households in South Africa using price increases during the 2022 Russia-Ukraine war as a case study.

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  • Faaiqa Hartley & Sherwin Gabriel, 2024. "Distributional impacts of global food price shocks in South Africa: Case of Russian-Ukraine conflict," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2024-81, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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    1. Glauber, Joseph W., 2023. "Assessing tight global wheat stocks and their role in price volatility," IFPRI book chapters, in: The Russia-Ukraine conflict and global food security, chapter 10, pages 52-56, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
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    Computable general equilibrium; Microsimulation; Price shocks; Poverty; Food price;
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