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The impact of the 2007-08 food price crisis in a major commodity exporter : food prices, inflation, and inclusion in Brazil
Mueller, Bernardo; Mueller, Charles Curt - 2012
central importance to the Brazilian government: inflation and social inclusion. We describe how political institutions in …
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India's political economy responses to the global food price shock of 2007 - 08 : learning some lessons
Gulati, Ashok; Saini, Shweta - 2015
production by 20 MMT over the subsequent five years. The results: India contained food inflation below 7 per cent in 2007 … deficit mainly because of the rising food and fertilizer subsidies, leading to double-digit food inflation after 2009-10. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011398821
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Foreign assistance and the food crisis of 2007 - 08
Abbott, Philip - 2012
Dramatically increased international agricultural commodity prices from 2007 to mid-2008 brought food inflation and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009499799
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The political economy of food price policy : a synthesis
Watson, Derrill D. - 2015
This paper identifies eight political economy factors that influenced governments' policy choices during the most recent global food price crisis. To explain the variety of responses and the policy failures, a framework is proposed that locates policies along the twin dimensions of unitary vs....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011392700
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The political economy of food price policy : the case study of India
Ganguly, Kavery; Gulati, Ashok - 2013
, led to rising food prices in India since mid-2009. Food price inflation has hovered between 8-12 per cent per annum since … then. The nature of food inflation, however, changed from being cereals-led to high value products (fruits and vegetables …, and protein foods) during 2010-11 and 2011-12. While food inflation invited severe political protests, the situation did …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009725734
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US policy contributions to agricultural commodity price fluctuations, 2006 - 12
Rausser, Gordon C.; De Gorter, Harry - 2013
Since 2006, global prices and price volatility for foodgrain commodities have spiked frequently and dramatically. Such spikes have had the heaviest economic and social impact on developing nations, where agriculture accounts for a sizable portion of economic activity. We demonstrate how US...
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The political economy of food pricing policy in China
Huang, Jikun; Yang, Jun; Rozelle, Scott - 2013
The overall goal of this paper is to analyse the political economy of food price policies in China during the global food crisis. The results show that given China's unique economic and political context and the nature of its agricultural markets, the government's reaction to the crisis was...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009727279
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The political economy of food price policy : country case study of Mozambique
Nhate, Virgulino; Massingarela, Claudio; Salvucci, Vincenzo - 2013
The 2007-09 price shocks affected in particular the prices of food commodities and fuel. As a consequence, Mozambique experienced reduced exports, more expensive imports and increased food and oil prices, contributing to the stagnant poverty rates registered in 2008/9. Our analysis finds, first,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009727283
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The political economy of food price : the case of Bangladesh
Raihan, Selim - 2013
Global food price hikes during 2007 and 2008 resulted in a sharp rise in staple food prices in Bangladesh. The poor and marginalized households were particularly vulnerable to such an adverse situation as their real purchasing power eroded. Several studies indicated that the adverse effects of...
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The political economy of food price : the case of Ethiopia
Assefa Admassie - 2013
Food prices increased significantly in 2007 - 08 in Ethiopia due to several supply- and demand-side factors. The Ethiopian government released emergency food grain reserves, imported and distributed wheat at subsidized price, banned the export of staple cereals, and removed value added and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009690763