Staple Food Prices in Sub-Saharan Africa : An Empirical Assessment /

This paper analyzes the domestic and external drivers of local staple food prices in Sub-Saharan Africa. Using data on domestic market prices of the five most consumed staple foods from 15 countries, this paper finds that external factors drive food price inflation, but domestic factors can mitigate...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Okou, Cedric
Other Authors: Spray, John, Unsal, Filiz
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2022.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2022/135
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Online Access:Full text available on IMF