Evidence and Implications of Non-Tradability of Food Staples in Tanzania 1983-98

Delgado, Christopher L.; Minot, Nicholas; Tiongco, Marites

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“…It estimates the supply and/or demand functions of particular merchandise, especially investigating price elasticities, using an instrumental variable technique (e.g., Morrison, 1997;Reed and Saghaian, 2004). 10 As per Delgado et al (2005), the poor quality of transport infrastructure hampers efficient pass-through of wheat, rice, maize and cassava prices in Tanzania. Iimi (2007) also shows that quality roads and electricity infrastructure could significantly reduce beef production and export costs.…”

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What Is Missing Between Agricultural Growth And Infrastructure Development ? Cases Of Coffee And Dairy In Africa

Iimi¹,

Smith²

2007

Policy Research Working Papers

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The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent.

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Section: Degree Linementioning

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What Is Missing Between Agricultural Growth And Infrastructure Development ? Cases Of Coffee And Dairy In Africa

Iimi¹,

Smith²

2007

Policy Research Working Papers

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“…Baffes and Gardner (2003), working with a sample of countries that had implemented reforms in agricultural pricing, found evidence of a much weaker pass-through result. This result is echoed in work by Delgado et al (2004), in a study of Tanzania, who find that while the 3-month pass-through from world to domestic food prices is around 0.40 in reasonably 'well integrated' food markets in Tanzania, it is less than 0.30 in remote markets.…”

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On the Macroeconomic Management of Food Price Shocks in Low-income Countries

Adam¹

2011

Journal of African Economies

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Global food prices have risen sharply in recent years and have become more volatile. In this paper, I examine how these developments are transmitted to domestic food and non-food markets in low-income economies and consider the options available to policymakers concerned with managing the macroeconomic consequences of global food price shocks. I first review the simple economics of the transmission of global food price movements to food and non-food prices in low-income countries. I then use a simple dependent-economy model to illustrate the real macroeconomic and distributional effects of alternative fiscal and trade policy responses to food shocks and how these are determined by the structural characteristics of low-income economies. In the final section, I consider how food price shocks impact on the aggregate price level and, in particular, the † A preliminary version of this paper was presented at the AERC Plenary Session on Global Food Price Shocks: Causes, Consequences and Policy Options in Africa during the AERC Biannual Research Workshop held in Mombasa, Kenya, 30 May 2009. I am grateful to support from the Oxford Department of International Development Research Fund, to Eleni Stylianou for valuable research assistance, to my discussant, Nii Sowa and to participants at the workshop for comments and suggestions. I also acknowledge a significant debt of gratitude to Steve O'Connell with whom I have worked on related issues in Tanzania prior to and since the original presentation of this paper in Mombasa. Many ideas presented here reflect these discussions. All errors are my own.

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“…In addition, trade openness can increase the price of exported products domestically and deteriorate people’s purchasing power, while in import-competing sectors income and employment can be negatively affected by the increased competition (FAO, 2015 ). Delgado et al ( 2005 ) underline the non-tradability of a high share of staple crops in some African countries, calling therefore for caution in considering the positive income effect derived from trade intensification. Finally, Wobst ( 2003 ) identifies that similar trade policy measures may have different impacts on household income and marketing margins depending on the underlying economic structures of the diverse countries.…”

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Total trade, cereals trade and undernourishment: new empirical evidence for developing countries

2022

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While trade policies are considered strategic to shape national food systems and promote food security, the ultimate impact of trade openness on hunger is still highly debated. Using a sample of 81 developing over the period 2001–2016 and principally focusing on the prevalence of undernourishment, this study provides new empirical evidence. Firstly, it estimates the impact of total trade differentiating the effects that pass through changes in real per capita income—i.e. on the economic access to food—from the residual effects that it directly has on the other dimensions of food security. Subsequently, it concentrates on cereals trade, that usually is the most affected by trade restrictions and the most correlated to undernourishment. Finally, it explores the different effects of cereals trade in terms of imports and exports. Three main conclusions emerge: (a) trade openness contributes to lower the prevalence of undernourishment in developing countries and most of this effect is not income-mediated but, rather, passes through the impacts that it directly has on the other dimensions of food security; (b) such impacts are mostly driven by the trade openness of the cereals sector where (c) its import component turns out to play the main role.

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Evidence and Implications of Non-Tradability of Food Staples in Tanzania 1983-98

Cited by 18 publications

References 20 publications

What Is Missing Between Agricultural Growth And Infrastructure Development ? Cases Of Coffee And Dairy In Africa

What Is Missing Between Agricultural Growth And Infrastructure Development ? Cases Of Coffee And Dairy In Africa

On the Macroeconomic Management of Food Price Shocks in Low-income Countries

Total trade, cereals trade and undernourishment: new empirical evidence for developing countries

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