RICE PRICES AND POVERTY IN INDONESIA
RICE PRICES AND POVERTY IN INDONESIA
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印度尼西亚的大米价格和贫困
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2008
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N. McCulloch
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N. McCulloch
政府政策推动大米价格上涨的原因之一是保护农民和减少贫困的愿望，特别是在农村地区。潜在的假设是，农民从更高的大米价格中受益，并且帮助农民将减少贫困，因为大多数农村贫困人口在某种程度上与农业有关。本文考察了支撑这一假设的证据。只有大约四分之一的家庭种植水稻。绝大多数人口，包括农村地区的人口，消费的大米多于生产的大米，因此大多数人都受到大米价格上涨的损害。那些从高价格中获益的人往往是那些能够获得稍大土地的农民。因此，米价的上涨构成了从所有收入水平的大多数消费者向少数生产者的转移。
Abstract One of the reasons often given for government policies that promote higher rice prices is the desire to protect farmers and to reduce poverty, particularly in rural areas. The underlying assumption is that farmers benefit from higher rice prices and that helping farmers will reduce poverty since the majority of the rural poor are connected in some way with agriculture. This paper examines the evidence underlying this assumption. I show that only around a quarter of all households plant rice. A large majority of the population, including in rural areas, consume more rice than they produce and most are therefore harmed by higher rice prices. Those that gain from higher prices tend to be farmers with access to slightly larger plots of land. Thus an increase in the rice price constitutes a transfer from the large majority of consumers to a minority of producers at all income levels.