We examine the implications of the rise of a middle class in East and Southern Africa for food consumption patterns and … the food system. A unique classification of food items shows that highly processed food has one-third of the purchased … food market, with comparable shares in rural and urban areas (31 per cent vs 35 per cent), and among the vulnerable and …

inequality in Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa. Conventionally measured inequality ranges from moderate (in Ghana) to extremely … statistics with those produced by ACEIR in Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa. The underlying country-specific income and expenditure … high (in South Africa). Trying to tell one coherent story about African inequality, however, is difficult. The construction …

urban economy. Continuously rising food prices and droughts maintain child malnutrition and mortality at high levels …

short-to-medium run relationship between sudden shocks to food prices and child nutrition status. We link local price … higher inflation rate for basic food products. Stunting and wasting malnutrition measures are mostly insensitive to the … inflation rate. The very high food inflation during 2008/09 was responsible for an extra 39,000 moderately underweight and 24 …

This study investigates the short-term impacts of an aggregate socioeconomic shock on household food consumption and … are expected to adjust their food choices both in terms of quality, towards cheaper and unhealthier food, and quantity … five. We use a repeated cross-sectional econometric analysis to look at the variation in household food consumption and …