Rising commodities prices driven by the Russia-Ukraine crisis threaten to undermine Kenya’s economy, increase poverty
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Rising commodities prices driven by the Russia-Ukraine crisis threaten to undermine Kenya’s economy, increase poverty
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Breisinger, Clemens
Xinshen Diao Dorosh, Paul A. Mbuthia, Juneweenex Omune, Lensa Ombui Oseko, Edwin Pradesha, Angga Thurlow, James |
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commodities
prices russia ukraine economics poverty policies |
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Much of the early attention on the Russian-Ukraine conflict’s food security impacts has been concentrated on countries highly dependent on wheat imports from the Black Sea region. Given the important role that wheat products play in the diets of people in Egypt, Sudan, Yemen, Lebanon, and other countries, the interruption in Black Sea wheat trade and high prices have raised serious concerns about rising levels of food insecurity, poverty, and instability around the world.
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2022-06-10
2023-01-22T18:19:04Z 2023-01-22T18:19:04Z |
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Blog Post
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Breisinger, Clemens; Diao, Xinshen; Dorosh, Paul; Mbuthia, Juneweenex; Omune, Lensa; Ombui Oseko, Edwin; Pradesha, Angga; and Thurlow, James. 2022. Rising commodities prices driven by the Russia-Ukraine crisis threaten to undermine Kenya’s economy, increase poverty. IFPRI Blog. Washington, DC: IFPRI.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127824 https://www.ifpri.org/blog/rising-commodities-prices-driven-russia-ukraine-crisis-threaten-undermine-kenyas-economy |
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en
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CC-BY-4.0
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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