The Impact of Food Price Volatility on Consumer Welfare in Cameroon

From:
Department for International Development
Published
1 January 2015
Country:
Cameroon
Document Type:
Working Paper
Theme:
Economic Growth
Authors:
Ambagna, J., J.Piot-Lepetit, I., Kane, G.Q., Sikod, F., Tene, G.L.M.

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to analyse the welfare effects of food price volatility on Cameroonian consumers. Using data from the third Cameroonian Household Consumption Surveys, the price elasticities are obtained from a Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System model. Price elasticities are then used to evaluate the distributional impacts of food price changes in terms of compensating variation. The paper finds that: (a) poor households are the most affected by food price volatility and (b) the welfare losses from food price volatility depend on the extent of any price hike.

Citation

Kane, G.Q.; Tene, G.L.M.; Ambagna, J.; J.Piot-Lepetit, I.; Sikod, F. The Impact of Food Price Volatility on Consumer Welfare in Cameroon. UNU-WIDER, Helsinki, Finland (2015) 18 pp. [WIDER Working Paper No. 2015/013]

The Impact of Food Price Volatility on Consumer Welfare in Cameroon

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