Effects of Market Reform on Access to Food by Low-Income Households: Evidence from Four Countries in Eastern and Southern Africa

Thomas S. Jayne (), Lawrence Rubey, David Tschirley, Mulinge Mukumbu, Munhamo Chisvo, Ana Paula Santos, Michael T. Weber () and Patrick Diskin

No 5, International Development Policy Syntheses from Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University

Abstract: 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" (i.e., commodities purchased primarily by the poor) to improve vulnerable groups' access to food through market development strategies and food aid programs. While much research has been devoted to understanding how producers and traders would respond to reform of staple food markets, relatively little is known about the potential or actual responses by consumers. The report presents recent findings from six household-level surveys in urban areas of Zimbabwe, Kenya, Zambia, and Mozambique between 1991 and 1994. Secondary data from South Africa and Malawi are also presented where available.

Keywords: food security; food policy; grain market reform; food subsidy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 1996

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