Evaluating the impact on market performance of investments in agricultural market information systems (MIS) face several methodological challenges. These fall into two broad categories: (a) defining the dimensions of market performance to measure (which is a function of whom the MIS is designed...

This report analyzes the effects of grain market reform and food subsidy elimination in Eastern and Southern Africa on access to food for low-income consumers. The report also assesses the potential to use "self-targeted commodities" to improve vulnerable groups access to food though market...

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Directorate of Economics, Republic of Mozambique

Research Results of the Policy Analysis Department, Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate of Economics

Resultados de pesquisa do Departmento de Análise de Políticas, MINAG, Direcção de Economia

This paper describes the different food policy courses pursued in recent years by four countries in Eastern and Southern Africa, and documents their differential effects on farmer and consumer behavior. Results are based primarily on a survey and synthesis of recent analysis. The paper...