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The Political Economy of Food Price Policy: Country Case Study of Mozambique

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  • Virgulino Nhate
  • Cláudio Massingarela
  • Vincenzo Salvucci

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The 2007-09 price shocks affected in particular the prices of food commodities and fuel. As a consequence, Mozambique experienced reduced exports, more expensive imports and increased food and oil prices, contributing to the stagnant poverty rates registered in 2008/9. Our analysis finds, first, that domestic prices for imported food crops followed the international trends only partially and remained high even after international prices declined.

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  • Virgulino Nhate & Cláudio Massingarela & Vincenzo Salvucci, 2013. "The Political Economy of Food Price Policy: Country Case Study of Mozambique," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2013-037, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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