A mutual, two-way dependence of structural transformation and food security has bedeviled the development profession for decades, which has often ignored the critical role of agricultural development and food price stability as the underlying foundations to both structural transformation and...

Ending hunger requires that each society find the right balance of market forces and government interventions to bring even a country's most vulnerable citizens into a sustainable food system. C. Peter Timmer explains how food markets operate and when it is effective for governments to step in