Food price policy in an era of market instability : a political economy analysis / Per Pinstrup-Andersen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pinstrup-Andersen, Per, editor.

World Institute for Development Economic Research.

Series:

WIDER studies in development economics.

WIDER studies in development economics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food prices--Government policy.

Food prices.

Food supply--Government policy.

Food supply.

Food supply--History--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxiii, 508 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, UK Oxford University Press 2016

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Food price volatility is one of the major challenges facing current and future global food systems. This book analyses how and why governments responded as they did to the global food crisis of 2007-09 and what their decisions can teach us about policy interventions.

Contents:

Part I. An Overview

1. The Political Economy of Food Price Policy: An Overview / Per Pinstrup-Andersen

Part II. Synthesis of Findings from Country Studies

2. International to Domestic Price Transmission in Fourteen Developing Countries during the 2007-8 Food Crisis / Kenneth Baltzer

3. A Cacophony of Policy Responses: Evidence from Fourteen Countries during the 2007-8 Food Price Crisis / Shane Bryan

4. Policy Processes and Food Price Crises: A Framework for Analysis and Lessons from Country Studies / Suresh Chandra Babu

5. A Political Economy Synthesis: The Food Policy Crisis / Derrill D. Watson II

Part III. The Political Economy of Food Price Policy in Low-Income Landlocked Countries

6. The Political Economy of Food Price Policy in Ethiopia / Assefa Admassie

7. The Political Economy of Food Price Policy in Malawi / Ephraim W. Chirwa and Blessings Chinsinga

8. The Political Economy of Food Price Policy in Zambia / Antony Chapoto

Part IV. The Political Economy of Food Price Policy in Low-income Countries with Limited Dependence on Food Imports

9. The Political Economy of Food Price Policy in Kenya / Jonathan Makau Nzuma

10. The Political Economy of Food Price Policy in Mozambique / Virgulino Nhale, Claudio Massingarela, and Vincenzo Salvucci

Part V. The Political Economy of Food Price Policy in Low- and Middle-income Countries Heavily Dependent on Food Import

11. The Political Economy of Food Price Policy in Bangladesh / Selim Raihan

12. The Political Economy of Food Price Policy in Egypt / Ahmed Farouk Ghoneim

13. The Political Economy of Food Price Policy in Nigeria / Aderibigbe S. Olomola

14. The Political Economy of Food Price Policy in Senegal / Danielle Resnick

Part VI. The Political Economy of Food Price Policy in Large Exporters

15. The Political Economy of Food Price Policy in Vietnam / Nguyen Manh Hai and Theodore Talbot

16. The Political Economy of Food Price Policy in India / Kavery Ganguly and Ashok Gulati

17. The Political Economy of Food Price Policy in China / Jikun Huang, Jun Yang, and Scott Rozelle

18. The Political Economy of Food Price Policy in Brazil / Bernardo Mueller and Charles Mueller

19. The Political Economy of Food Price Policy in South Africa / Johann F. Kirsten

Part VII. The Political Economy of Food Price Policy in High-income Countries

20. US Policy Contributions to Agricultural Commodity Price Fluctuations, 2006-12 / Gordon C. Rausser and Harry de Gorter

21. Food Price Volatility and EU Policies / Johan Swinnen, Louise Knops and Kristine van Herck

Part VIII. Conclusions and Recommendations

22. The Political Economy of Food Price Policy: Key Policy-related Lessons / Per Pinstrup-Andersen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 17, 2014).

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9780191788017

0191788015

OCLC:

903508271

Publisher Number:

https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198718574.001.0001

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access