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Global food price volatility and spikes: An overview of costs, causes, and solutions
von Braun, Joachim; Tadesse, Getaw - 2012
Since the 2007-08 food crisis, many thoughtful analyses have addressed the causes and impacts of high and volatile international food prices and proposed solutions to the crisis. These studies have covered global as well as local food price dynamics and policy reactions. The food price problem...
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Towards More Sustainable Food Systems
Kusch-Brandt, Sigrid (contributor) - 2023
Food systems are under increasing pressure. They must meet the food requirements of a growing world population, and socio-economic changes also influence the type of foods which are under demand. At the same time, food systems are a major contributor to global environmental change, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014520924
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Poverty and Food Security in India
2013
This paper is an attempt to analyze the impact of two of India's largest food security interventions - the Public Distribution System (PDS) and the Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDM) - on poverty outcomes and on nutritional intake. This paper offers a simple methodology to take into account the impact of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010507403
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International Transmission of Food Prices and Volatilities: A Panel Analysis
Lee, Hyun-Hoon; Park, Cyn-Young - 2013
High and volatile food prices pose a significant policy challenge around the world, and an understanding of the dynamics of food price inflation and volatility is essential in designing appropriate policy responses. Using the panel data for 72 countries from 2000 to 2011, the paper assesses the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010507415
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319827
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Dealing with the 2007/08 global food price crisis: The political economy of food price policy in Malawi
Chirwa, Ephraim; Chinsinga, Blessings - 2013
The paper examines the underlying political economy motivations of the government's policy responses to food price increases in 2007/08 focusing particularly on maize as the main staple crop. The main government policy responses to the food price spikes in 2007/08 were price control, bans on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319850
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Trade Effects of the East African Community: Do We Need a Transitional Fund?
Busse, Matthias; Shams, Rasul - 2003
The paper evaluates the economic necessity and political incentives of a transitional fund for the East African Community (EAC). The fund has been proposed to encounter trade imbalances which may arise due to the intended customs union in East Africa. Using a disaggregated approach at the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295373
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How trucking services have improved and may contribute to economic development: The case of East Africa
Kunaka, Charles; Raballand, Gaël; Fitzmaurice, Mike - 2016
services along the Northern Corridor (the corridor from Mombasa, Kenya, to Uganda/Rwanda/Burundi/eastern DRC); the integration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653964
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Devolution of donor funded climate change adaptation finance
Tidemand, Per - 2022
This working paper analyses the nature of international adaptation finance received in Kenya and Tanzania, with … relatively more devolved in Kenya than Tanzania. However, preliminary analysis suggests otherwise. The analysis also suggests … development finance'. During this period Tanzania received USD 2.0 billion as adaptation-related development finance, whereas …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014541033
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Locally-led adaptation: Moving from principles to practice in the water sector
Bedelian, Claire; Mulwa, Judith; Sumari, Beatrice; … - 2024
adaptation case studies in Kenya and Tanzania. It focuses on the governance and finance processes that prioritise the agency of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014577261