easily and quickly adjusted. Brazil was therefore well-placed to deal with the impacts of the crisis. -- food price ; price …This paper argues that the effects of the food price crisis of 2007-08 put pressure on two variables that are of … Brazil in the past 25 years have given rise to a policy-making process where fiscal stability and social inclusion are the …

This paper argues that the effects of the food price crisis of 2007–08 put pressure on two variables that are of … Brazil in the past 25 years have given rise to a policy-making process where fiscal stability and social inclusion are the … overarching priorities, irrespective of the party in power. In this scenario one would have expected that the food price crisis …