Illustrative examples of IA studies (since 2000) that measure some of the given outcomes and indicators
Common
Outcomes related to indicators found food security goals
Food prices
in the IA literature Aggregate level:
Market price of food Price stability
Producer surplus Consumer surplus
Notable observations from the literature
The impact channels between these indi- cators and food
security depend on the types of groups impacted (net food consumers vs.
producers) and the type of commodity (food vs. nonfood). The evidence on the
relationship between these indicators and food security is there- fore ambiguous and not generalizable.
Source: Author’s compilation. Note: PROGRESA is a successful conditional cash transfer program in Mexico. Study citation
Impact question related to food
security outcomes
Evenson and Rosegrant How would food prices, (2003); van den Berg and Ruben (2006)
food production, and food consumption have differed if there were no investments in crop genetic improvement research in developing countries?
What are the food-price impacts of irrigation development?
Methods and
approaches used in the studies cited
Econometric analysis and general equilib- rium multicountry models to estimate the counterfactual Statistical analysis of before and after intervention data