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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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Title Rising commodities prices driven by the Russia-Ukraine crisis threaten to undermine Kenya’s economy, increase poverty
 
Creator Breisinger, Clemens
Xinshen Diao
Dorosh, Paul A.
Mbuthia, Juneweenex
Omune, Lensa
Ombui Oseko, Edwin
Pradesha, Angga
Thurlow, James
 
Subject commodities
prices
russia
ukraine
economics
poverty
policies
 
Description 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.
 
Date 2022-06-10
2023-01-22T18:19:04Z
2023-01-22T18:19:04Z
 
Type Blog Post
 
Identifier 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
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Publisher International Food Policy Research Institute