Government responses to the world food crisis 2007-08: A political economy perspective

• Main Authors: Maas, Sarah, Matthews, Alan
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: 02.09.2011
• Subjects: Africa; agricultural exports; F14; Food Security and Poverty; market access; preference agreements; Q17

This paper examines the performance of African agri-food exports to the EU market over the first decade of the new millennium. The EU is Africa’s single largest export market absorbing just half of all African agri-food exports. Countries are grouped according to the preferential trade regime they e...