Are Foreign Aid and Remittance Inflows a Hedge Against Food Price Shocks? »
Journal Issue
Volume/Issue: 2012/67
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 March 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781463938444.001
ISBN: 9781463938444
Keywords: food price shocks, vulnerability, food price, remittance, remittance inflows, food imports, International Factor Movements and International Business: General, Saving,
This paper explores the role of foreign aid and remittance inflows in the mitigation of the effects of food price shocks. Using a large sample of developing countries and mobilising dynamic panel data specification...