The food and financial crises in Sub-Saharan Africa : origins, impacts and policy implications /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2011.
• Subjects: Food supply > Africa, Sub-Saharan.; Food prices > Africa, Sub-Saharan.; Financial crises > Africa, Sub-Saharan.; Agricultural Economics.; Food Economics, (New March 2000); Policy and Planning.; Supply, Demand and Prices.; Income and Poverty.; Food Science and Food Products (Human); Agriculture.; Economic crises.; Economic depression.; Economic impact.; Economic situation.; Food policy.; Food prices.; Food production.; Foods.; Poverty.; Rural areas.; World.; Electronic books.
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• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xv, 285 pages) : illustrations, map, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book focuses on the 2007-2008 food price crisis and the ensuing financial and economic crisis (both globally and in sub-Saharan Africa), illustrating the problems using country case studies that cover their origins, effects on agriculture and rural poverty, and their underlying factors. The 13 chapters in this volume address several themes, all related to the food and financial crises and their impacts in sub-Saharan Africa. Broadly speaking, the principal themes discussed in this book are the causes and consequences of the dual crises, their impacts in sub-Saharan Africa at both the macro- and micro-levels, and finally, how Africa can address some of the key challenges - primarily related to improving productivity and policy - that may help the continent escape the devastation of such crises in the future.