Inflation dynamics and food prices in Ethiopia

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 104, Issue , 2013, Pages 89-106

  Durevall, Dick ^a   Loening, Josef L ^b   Ayalew Birru, Yohannes ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c Chief Economist and Vice Governor Office   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Commodity prices; Ethiopia; Food policy; Food prices; Global food price crisis; Monetary policy

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; COMMODITY PRICE; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FOOD MARKET; FOOD POLICY; INFLATION; MONETARY POLICY; PRICE DYNAMICS;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84879323397     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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