Food price policy in an era of market instability : a political e conomy analysis / edited by Per Pinstrup-Andersen. - First edition. - xxxiii, 508 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - [UNU-WIDER studies in development economics] . - Studies in development economics. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The political economy of food price policy: an overview / Per Pinstr up-Andersen -- International to domestic price transmission in fourteen developing countries during the 2007-8 food crisis / Kenneth Baltzer - - A cacophony of policy responses: evidence from fourteen countries dur ing the 2007-8 food price crisis / Shane Bryan -- Policy processes and food price crises: a framework for analysis and lessons from country st udies / Suresh Chandra Babu -- A political economy synthesis: the food policy crisis / Derrill D. Watson II -- The political economy of food p rice policy in Ethiopia / Assefa Admassie -- The political economy of food price policy in Malawi / Ephraim W. Chirwa and Blessings Chinsinga -- The political economy of food price policy in Zambia / Antony Chapo to -- The political economy of food price policy in Kenya / Jonathan Ma kau Nzuma -- The political economy of food price policy in Mozambique / Virgulino Nhate, Claudio Massingarela, and Vincenzo Salvucci -- The po litical economy of food price policy in Bangladesh / Selim Raihan -- Th e political economy of food price policy in Egypt / Ahmed Farouk Ghonei m -- The political economy of food price policy in Nigeria / Aderibigbe S. Olomola -- The political economy of food price policy in Senegal / Danielle Resnick -- The political economy of food price policy in Vietn am / Nguyen Manh Hai and Theodore Talbot -- The political economy of fo od price policy in India / Kavery Ganguly and Ashok Gulati -- The polit ical economy of food price policy in China / Jikun Huang, Jun Yang, and Scott Rozelle -- The political economy of food price policy in Brazil / Bernardo Mueller and Charles Mueller -- The political economy of food price policy in South Africa / Johann F. Kirsten -- US policy contribu tions to agricultural commodity price fluctuations, 2006-12 / Gordon C. Rausser and Harry de Gorter -- Food price volatility and EU policies / Johan Swinnen, Louise Knops, and Kristine van Herck -- The political e conomy of food price policy: key policy-related lessons / Per Pinstrup- Andersen

9780198718574 (ebook) 0198718578

2014-940452


Food prices--Government policy.
Food industry and trade--Government policy.
Food supply--Government policy.
Food supply--History--21st century.

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