Dealing with the 2007/08 Global Food Price Crisis : the Political Economy of Food Price Policy in Malawi

Chinsinga, Blessings and Chirwa, Ephraim W. (2013). Dealing with the 2007/08 Global Food Price Crisis : the Political Economy of Food Price Policy in Malawi. UNU-WIDER.

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  • Sub-type Working paper
    Author Chinsinga, Blessings
    Chirwa, Ephraim W.
    Title Dealing with the 2007/08 Global Food Price Crisis : the Political Economy of Food Price Policy in Malawi
    Volume/Issue No. 2013/30
    Publication Date 2013
    Place of Publication Helsinki
    Publisher UNU-WIDER
    Pages 31
    Language eng
    Abstract

    The paper examines the underlying political economy motivations of the government 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
    UNU Topics of Focus Agriculture
    Keyword Agriculture
    Food security
    Prices
    Copyright Holder UNU-WIDER
    Copyright Year 2013
    Copyright type Fair use permitted
    ISSN 17987237
    ISBN 9789292306076
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