Higher fuel and food prices: Impacts and responses for Mozambique

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 39, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 497-511

  Arndt, Channing ^a   Benfica, Rui ^b   Maximiano, Nelson ^c   Nucifora, Antonio M D ^b   Thurlow, James T ^d  

^a Development Economics Research Group   (Denmark)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c Ministry of Planning and Development   (Mozambique)

^d INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Food security; Mozambique; Price transmission; Terms of trade shocks

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; FOOD MARKET; FOOD SECURITY; NATIONAL TRADE; POLICY ANALYSIS; POVERTY; PRICE DYNAMICS; PRICING POLICY;

AFRICA; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 57549084818     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2008.00355.x     Document Type: Article

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