Food Price Policies and Nutrition in Latin America (UNU, 1980, 170 pages)

Acknowledgements

List of participants

Preface

Part I: Introduction

Price policy and the food that people consume

(introductory text...)

The stylized facts and a model of them

How the model works

Some numerical examples

Conclusions

Notes

References

Discussion

Reference

The effects of changes in real income on nutrition

(introductory text...)

Introduction

Human needs and the objectives of development

Development models

Case studies

Intervention programmes

Surveillance and evaluation

References

Discussion

Part II: Case studies

Food distribution, consumption, and price policies in Mexico

(introductory text...)

Discussion

Problems in implementing programmes to control or stabilize staple food prices in Jamaica

(introductory text...)

Introduction

Imports

Processed staple foods

Agricultural output

The food intelligence division

Monitoring supply movements

Food price and subsidy policies and nutrition: experiences in Trinidad-Tobago

(introductory text...)

Introduction

Production, distribution, and pricing of selected products

Conclusions

Recommendations

References

Additional bibliography

Discussion

The distribution of income and food consumption by income level: a presentation of the situation in Chile and the Dominican republic

(introductory text...)

Income distribution

Consumption level and available family income

Relation between economic status and food consumption level in the Dominican republic and Chile

Redistribution of income and its implications for food availability and prices

References

Economic policies and the nutritional status of the urban poor in Chile, 1968-1976

(introductory text...)

Introduction

The food buying power index (ICCA: el indice de capacidad de compra de alimentos)

The food buying capacity index (ICCA)

Economic policies and their effect on the food buying capacity of the urban poor

The food buying capacity index and trends in the nutritional situation of the urban poor in Chile

Conclusions

References

Part III: Basis for policy interventions and research priorities

Guidelines for discussion groups

Conclusions from the meeting of discussion group I: "Marketing and monitoring systems"

Conclusions from the meeting of discussion group II: "Definition of standards"

Conclusions from the meeting of discussion group III: "Price and income policies"

Annotated bibliography