The goal of this report is to examine the impact of the global food crisis on sub-Saharan African countries. In particularly, we focus on two questions: To what degree have changes in the international prices of staple foods been transmitted to domestic markets in sub-Saharan Africa? What is the impact of the changes in domestic prices on different types of households in the region?
Details
Title
Transmission of World Food Price Changes to African Markets and its Effect on Household Welfare
Record Identifier
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/58563
PURL Identifier
http://purl.umn.edu/58563
Total Pages
59
JEL Codes
q11 q13 q17 q18
Note
Paper to be presented at the Comesa policy seminar
“Food price variability: Causes, consequences, and policy options"
on 25-26 January 2010 in Maputo, Mozambique
under the Comesa-MSU-IFPRI African Agricultural Markets Project (AAMP)