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EDRC: POOR PEOPLE IN ARMENIA DO NOT EAT ENOUGH BECAUSE OF HIGH FOOD INFLATION
arminfo
Tuesday, October 9, 18:15
Poor people in Armenia do not eat enough because of high food
inflation, says the Prices and Vulnerability annual report prepared
by the Economic Development and Research Center jointly with OXFAM
and presented at a roundtable discussion on Tuesday.
The report says that rich people in Armenia eat 8 times more food
than poor people do. The poorest eat 2 kg less meat and 3 kg less
fruit than they are supposed to eat a month according to the Health
Care Ministry's requirements. In 2010 they reduced their diet by 14%,
in 2011 by 20-25%. And this tendency will continue.
In the last 8 years bread price in Armenia have grown by 50%. In 2011
potato prices grew by 46%, dairy prices by 18.6%, meat prices by 12%.
Fish prices grew by 2.3%, with each Armenian eating 0.14 kg of fish
a month - 1/6 of the norm.
According to the report, 70% of consumer basket in Armenia is food.
The Economic Development and Research Center is an independent research
institution. It was founded in 2001 in Yerevan, Armenia, by a group of
enthusiasts believing in the role of independent research in social
advancement. Its mission is to conduct high-quality, independent
research and to provide innovative, practical policy recommendations
for advancing Armenia's development agenda.
arminfo
Tuesday, October 9, 18:15
Poor people in Armenia do not eat enough because of high food
inflation, says the Prices and Vulnerability annual report prepared
by the Economic Development and Research Center jointly with OXFAM
and presented at a roundtable discussion on Tuesday.
The report says that rich people in Armenia eat 8 times more food
than poor people do. The poorest eat 2 kg less meat and 3 kg less
fruit than they are supposed to eat a month according to the Health
Care Ministry's requirements. In 2010 they reduced their diet by 14%,
in 2011 by 20-25%. And this tendency will continue.
In the last 8 years bread price in Armenia have grown by 50%. In 2011
potato prices grew by 46%, dairy prices by 18.6%, meat prices by 12%.
Fish prices grew by 2.3%, with each Armenian eating 0.14 kg of fish
a month - 1/6 of the norm.
According to the report, 70% of consumer basket in Armenia is food.
The Economic Development and Research Center is an independent research
institution. It was founded in 2001 in Yerevan, Armenia, by a group of
enthusiasts believing in the role of independent research in social
advancement. Its mission is to conduct high-quality, independent
research and to provide innovative, practical policy recommendations
for advancing Armenia's development agenda.