Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/80971 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2013/030
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
The paper examines the underlying political economy motivations of the government's 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 2007/08 were price control, bans on domestic and international trade. We argue that although there has been increased openness in policy debates and dialogue relating to the question of food security since the transition to democracy in May 1994, the process continues to be unclear, dominated by presidential interventions, and tends to be highly motivated by electoral politics and considerations.
Subjects: 
food policy
price policy
food security
policy processes
political economy
JEL: 
Q18
E64
P48
ISBN: 
978-92-9230-607-6
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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