Burkina Faso : Policies to Protect the Poor From the Impact of Food and Energy Price Increases /

This paper assesses the effectiveness of policies taken by the Burkinabe authorities to protect the poor from the adverse impact of a combined food and oil price shock in 2008. Estimates of the impact based on household survey data and a price pass-through model suggest that these policies were not...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Adenauer, Isabell
Other Authors: Arze del Granado, Javier
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2011.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2011/202
Online Access:Full text available on IMF