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Poverty, food Prices, and dietary choices in Malawi

author(s) Pauw, Karl - Verduzco-Gallo, Íñigo - Ecker, Olivier
from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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regions
  • Eastern Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
  • World
  • Southern Africa
citation

Pauw, Karl; Verduzco-Gallo, Íñigo; Ecker, Olivier, 'Poverty, food Prices, and dietary choices in Malawi', In Mapping the linkages between agriculture, food security and nutrition in Malawi. Chapter 3. Pp. 23-33, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Lilongwe, Malawi; Washington, D.C., 2015

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Abstract

In this chapter we analyze Malawi’s recent food consumption trends, including per capita calorie and micronutrient-consumption estimates, and reflect on how these pertain to (1) changes in poverty and household income, and (2) relative changes in food prices. In so doing, we extract from a detailed analysis of household food consumption (Verduzco-Gallo, Ecker, and Pauw 2014) and from an assessment of recent poverty trends (Pauw, Beck, and Mussa 2014). Both these studies draw on the two latest rounds of Malawi’s nationally-representative Integrated Household Surveys (IHS2 and IHS3) collected in 2004–2005 and 2010–2011 (NSO 2005; 2012b).

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