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Convergence in Food Demand and Delivery: Do Middle-Income Countries Follow High-Income Trends?

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  • Regmi, Anita
  • Takeshima, Hiroyuki
  • Unnevehr, Laurian J.

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This study uses food expenditures and food-sales data from 1990 to 2004 to examine whether food-consumption patterns and food-delivery-mechanism trends are converging across 47 high- and middle-income countries. Results point to a high degree of convergence in global food systems. Middle-income countries appear to be following trends in high-income countries. Convergence is apparent in most important food-expenditure categories and in indicators of food-system modernization such as supermarket and fast food sales.

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  • Regmi, Anita & Takeshima, Hiroyuki & Unnevehr, Laurian J., 2008. "Convergence in Food Demand and Delivery: Do Middle-Income Countries Follow High-Income Trends?," Journal of Food Distribution Research, Food Distribution Research Society, vol. 39(1), pages 1-7, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:ags:jlofdr:55621
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.55621
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    1. Adam Briggs & Shyamal Chowdhury, 2018. "Economic development, food demand and the consequences for agricultural resource requirements: an application to Indonesia," Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, vol. 62(3), pages 420-437, July.
    2. Briggs, Adam & Chowdhury, Shyamal, 2014. "Economic Development, Food Demand and the Consequences for Agricultural Resource Requirements (Indonesia)," 2014 Conference (58th), February 4-7, 2014, Port Macquarie, Australia 165808, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society.
    3. Duncan, Roberto & Toledo, Patricia, 2019. "Inequality in body mass indices across countries: Evidence from convergence tests," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 33(C), pages 40-57.

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