The Impact of Higher Oil Prices on Low Income Countries and the Poor : Impacts and Policies

• Tác giả: Robert Bacon
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 330 Economics
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, Washington, DC, 2014
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 304748
• Chủ đề: 1. LOW INCOME; 2. LOW INCOME COUNTRIES; 3. OIL PRICES; 4. POOR HOUSEHOLDS; 5. POOR PEOPLE

Tóm tắt

This note is designed to provide a brief of how the current oil price increases are expected to impact low income countries and poorer households. By tracing the transmission mechanisms of the shocks it points to areas where mitigating policies for the present and for the future can be focused.