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food and financial crises in Sub-Saharan Africa
origins, impacts and policy implications
1 online resource (xv, 285 pages) : illustrations, map.
Africa's dual crises : the food and financial crises and their effects in Sub-Saharan Africa : introduction and overview -- The global food and financial crises and the poor in Africa -- Food prices and economic crises : causes and consequences for food security in developing countries -- Future challenges for the world food economy and Sub-Saharan Africa : major environmental and socioeconomic drivers of change -- Here we go again : the abiding structure of financial crisis and what to do about it -- The food and financial crises and complex derivatives : a tale of high stakes innovation and diversification -- Agricultural productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Are staple foods becoming more expensive for urban consumers in Eastern and Southern Africa? Trends in food prices, marketing margins and wage rates in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia -- The short-term impact of the 2008 food price shock on poverty in Uganda -- The likely impact of food price increases on nutritionally vulnerable households in South Africa -- Africa's turnaround : from crisis to opportunity in African agriculture -- The role of public policies and policy makers in Africa : responding to global economic crises -- Lessons of the food and financial crises : renewing Sub-Saharan Africa's commitment to food security and economic growth
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Includes bibliographical references and index.