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Climate change, rice production, and migration in Vietnamese householdsThis paper analyses the relationship between climate and migration in rural households in Vietnam...
Climate change Migration Food industry and tradeJournal Article
Key issues in regional growth and integration in Southern AfricaPart of Journal Special Issue Regional Growth Opportunities
Food industry and trade Exports Regional integrationWorking Paper
Towards the integration of markets: Competition in road transportation of perishable goods between Malawi, South Africa, Zambia, and ZimbabweRapid urbanization and rising income levels in Southern Africa have increased the consumption of perishable and processed food products...
Road transportation Food industry and trade Cross-border logisticsWorking Paper
Private standards and labour productivity in the food sector in VietnamA rising number of firms from developing countries have adopted voluntary private standards in the last decade...
Labour productivity SMEs Food industry and tradeJournal Article
Effects of food price shocks on child malnutrition: The Mozambican experience 2008/2009A propitiously timed household survey carried out in Mozambique over the period 2008/2009 permits us to study the relationship between shifts in food prices and child nutrition status in a low income setting...
Children Food industry and trade InflationWorking Paper
Smoothing food price trends in Nigeria: Political economy issues and policy vistasThis study reviews the political economy issues surrounding the 2008 food crisis in Nigeria; the lessons learned from management of the crisis; analyses the performance of policies aimed at stabilizing prices; and proffers policy measures for prevent...
Economic policy Food industry and trade Political scienceWorking Paper
India’s political economy responses to the global food price shock of 2007–08: Learning some lessonsIndia’s policy responses to the food price crisis were strong. Exports of basic staples were banned. Domestic support prices of wheat and rice were raised substantially...
Agriculture Food industry and trade Food securityBlog
From the Editor's Desk (September-October 2015)
UNU-WIDER had a busy September. We celebrated our 30 th birthday with some 600 people at our three-day conference on ‘Mapping the Future of Development Economics’ here in Helsinki. It was a great occasion...
Agriculture Business enterprises Capital investmentsBlog
Malawi's Farm Subsidy Benefits the Poor but Doesn't Come CheapMalawi’s farm input subsidy benefits the poor and can be part of a viable national development strategy. Agriculture is Malawi’s main economic sector...
Agriculture Economic equilibrium Public expendituresJournal Article
The Economy-wide Impacts and Risks of Malawi's Farm Input Subsidy ProgramWe estimate the impact of Malawi's Farm Input Subsidy Program using an economy-wide approach. This approach yields benefit-cost ratios about 60% higher than existing partial equilibrium studies, a result of our accounting for indirect benefits...
Agriculture Economic equilibrium Food industry and tradeResearch Brief
The political economy of food price policy in EgyptThe Egyptian food system has been affected by both global food markets and domestic factors...
Agriculture Fiscal policy Food industry and tradeResearch Brief
Policy processes and the global food price crisis 2007-08The recent food price crisis and the responses of the policy makers in developing countries provide an unprecedented opportunity to analyse the policy processes in these countries...
Accounting Aeronautics AgricultureResearch Brief
The political economy of food price policy in ChinaThe global food crisis in 2007–08 raised concerns everywhere, including in China...
Agriculture Food industry and trade Food securityResearch Brief
The impact of the 2007-08 food price crisis in BrazilThe impact of the 2007–08 food price crisis in Brazil was relatively subdued compared with what took place in many other developing countries...
Agriculture Food industry and trade InflationBook Chapter
The Political Economy of Food Price Policy in BrazilFrom the book: Food Price Policy in an Era of Market Instability
Food industry and trade Prices Public welfareWorking Paper
Distributional Impacts of the 2008 Global Food Price Spike in VietnamAgriculture and food cultivation production remains a key sector in the Vietnamese economy in terms of productive activities, income generation, and national export earnings...
Agriculture and state Economic development Food industry and trade