Food Prices, Road Infrastructure, and Market Integration in Central and Eastern Africa
Market integration is key to ensuring sufficient and stable food supplies. This paper assesses the impediments to market integration in Central and Eastern Africa for three food staples: maize, rice, and sorghum. The paper uses a large database on...
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okr-10986-193402021-04-23T14:03:52Z Food Prices, Road Infrastructure, and Market Integration in Central and Eastern Africa Brenton, Paul Portugal-Perez, Alberto Regolo, Julie ACCESS TO MARKETS ACTIVE MARKET AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS ARBITRAGE AVERAGE PRICE BOTTLENECKS CASH TRANSFERS COMMERCE COMMODITY PRICE COMMODITY PRICES COMMON MARKET COMPETITIVE MARKETS COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMER PRICE CONSUMER PRICES COST OF TRANSPORTATION CROSSING CURRENCY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC MARKETS EXPORTER FAIR FOOD AID FOOD COLLECTION FOOD INSECURITY FOOD MARKETS FOOD POLICY FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCTS FOOD SECURITY FOOD SHORTAGES FOOD STAPLES FOOD SUPPLIES FOOD SUPPLY FOOD SURPLUS FOOD TRANSFERS FUEL FUEL CONSUMPTION GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS GOVERNMENT REVENUES HAZARD INPUT PRICES INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL TRADE JOURNEY LACK OF COMPETITION LOCAL CURRENCY LOCAL FOOD PRODUCTION MAIZE MARKET COMPETITION MARKET EQUALS MARKET IMPEDIMENTS MARKET INTEGRATION MARKET POWER MARKET PRICE MARKET SEGMENTATION MARKET SIZE MARKETING MILLS OPPORTUNITY COSTS POLITICAL ECONOMY POTATOES PRICE ADJUSTMENTS PRICE CHANGES PRICE DIFFERENTIAL PRICE DIFFERENTIALS PRICE INDEXES PRICE LEVEL PRICE SETTING PRICE VOLATILITY PURCHASING REAL EXCHANGE RATE RESERVE RESERVES RETAIL RETAIL PRICE RETURN ROAD ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD LENGTHS ROAD NETWORK ROAD QUALITY ROAD_QUALITY ROADS RURAL MARKET SAFETY SAFETY NET SPEEDS STAPLE FOODS SUBSTITUTION SURPLUS SWEET POTATOES TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE REGIMES TRADING TRAINS TRANSACTION TRANSACTION COST TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSACTIONS COSTS TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION COSTS VEHICLES VOLATILITY WFP WHEAT WHOLESALE PRICES Market integration is key to ensuring sufficient and stable food supplies. This paper assesses the impediments to market integration in Central and Eastern Africa for three food staples: maize, rice, and sorghum. The paper uses a large database on monthly consumer prices for 150 towns in 13 African countries and detailed data on the length and quality of roads linking the towns. The analysis finds a substantial effect of distance and share of paved road on the level of market integration, as measured by relative prices. Furthermore, the paper evaluates the additional domestic and cross-border impediments to market integration in the region and represents them on a regional map. The analysis finds heterogeneous levels of domestic market integration across countries and significant "border effects" for the majority of contiguous countries in the sample, which reveal that markets are more integrated within than between countries. Countries that are members of the same regional trade agreement have substantially "thinner" borders with other members. Finally, the analysis shows that countries with less integrated domestic markets and "thicker" borders with their neighbors also have a higher prevalence of food insufficiency. These findings support policy efforts in tackling domestic and border impediments to transactions such as reforming customs, simplifying nontariff measures, addressing corruption, improving the quality of roads, and deepening regional trade agreements. 2014-08-15T14:17:04Z 2014-08-15T14:17:04Z 2014-08 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/08/20104921/food-prices-road-infrastructure-market-integration-central-eastern-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19340 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7003 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Group, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific South Asia Central Africa East Africa |
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ACCESS TO MARKETS ACTIVE MARKET AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS ARBITRAGE AVERAGE PRICE BOTTLENECKS CASH TRANSFERS COMMERCE COMMODITY PRICE COMMODITY PRICES COMMON MARKET COMPETITIVE MARKETS COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMER PRICE CONSUMER PRICES COST OF TRANSPORTATION CROSSING CURRENCY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC MARKETS EXPORTER FAIR FOOD AID FOOD COLLECTION FOOD INSECURITY FOOD MARKETS FOOD POLICY FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCTS FOOD SECURITY FOOD SHORTAGES FOOD STAPLES FOOD SUPPLIES FOOD SUPPLY FOOD SURPLUS FOOD TRANSFERS FUEL FUEL CONSUMPTION GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS GOVERNMENT REVENUES HAZARD INPUT PRICES INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL TRADE JOURNEY LACK OF COMPETITION LOCAL CURRENCY LOCAL FOOD PRODUCTION MAIZE MARKET COMPETITION MARKET EQUALS MARKET IMPEDIMENTS MARKET INTEGRATION MARKET POWER MARKET PRICE MARKET SEGMENTATION MARKET SIZE MARKETING MILLS OPPORTUNITY COSTS POLITICAL ECONOMY POTATOES PRICE ADJUSTMENTS PRICE CHANGES PRICE DIFFERENTIAL PRICE DIFFERENTIALS PRICE INDEXES PRICE LEVEL PRICE SETTING PRICE VOLATILITY PURCHASING REAL EXCHANGE RATE RESERVE RESERVES RETAIL RETAIL PRICE RETURN ROAD ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD LENGTHS ROAD NETWORK ROAD QUALITY ROAD_QUALITY ROADS RURAL MARKET SAFETY SAFETY NET SPEEDS STAPLE FOODS SUBSTITUTION SURPLUS SWEET POTATOES TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE REGIMES TRADING TRAINS TRANSACTION TRANSACTION COST TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSACTIONS COSTS TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION COSTS VEHICLES VOLATILITY WFP WHEAT WHOLESALE PRICES |
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ACCESS TO MARKETS ACTIVE MARKET AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS ARBITRAGE AVERAGE PRICE BOTTLENECKS CASH TRANSFERS COMMERCE COMMODITY PRICE COMMODITY PRICES COMMON MARKET COMPETITIVE MARKETS COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMER PRICE CONSUMER PRICES COST OF TRANSPORTATION CROSSING CURRENCY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC MARKETS EXPORTER FAIR FOOD AID FOOD COLLECTION FOOD INSECURITY FOOD MARKETS FOOD POLICY FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCTS FOOD SECURITY FOOD SHORTAGES FOOD STAPLES FOOD SUPPLIES FOOD SUPPLY FOOD SURPLUS FOOD TRANSFERS FUEL FUEL CONSUMPTION GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS GOVERNMENT REVENUES HAZARD INPUT PRICES INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL TRADE JOURNEY LACK OF COMPETITION LOCAL CURRENCY LOCAL FOOD PRODUCTION MAIZE MARKET COMPETITION MARKET EQUALS MARKET IMPEDIMENTS MARKET INTEGRATION MARKET POWER MARKET PRICE MARKET SEGMENTATION MARKET SIZE MARKETING MILLS OPPORTUNITY COSTS POLITICAL ECONOMY POTATOES PRICE ADJUSTMENTS PRICE CHANGES PRICE DIFFERENTIAL PRICE DIFFERENTIALS PRICE INDEXES PRICE LEVEL PRICE SETTING PRICE VOLATILITY PURCHASING REAL EXCHANGE RATE RESERVE RESERVES RETAIL RETAIL PRICE RETURN ROAD ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD LENGTHS ROAD NETWORK ROAD QUALITY ROAD_QUALITY ROADS RURAL MARKET SAFETY SAFETY NET SPEEDS STAPLE FOODS SUBSTITUTION SURPLUS SWEET POTATOES TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE REGIMES TRADING TRAINS TRANSACTION TRANSACTION COST TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSACTIONS COSTS TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION COSTS VEHICLES VOLATILITY WFP WHEAT WHOLESALE PRICES Brenton, Paul Portugal-Perez, Alberto Regolo, Julie Food Prices, Road Infrastructure, and Market Integration in Central and Eastern Africa |
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Market integration is key to ensuring
sufficient and stable food supplies. This paper assesses the
impediments to market integration in Central and Eastern
Africa for three food staples: maize, rice, and sorghum. The
paper uses a large database on monthly consumer prices for
150 towns in 13 African countries and detailed data on the
length and quality of roads linking the towns. The analysis
finds a substantial effect of distance and share of paved
road on the level of market integration, as measured by
relative prices. Furthermore, the paper evaluates the
additional domestic and cross-border impediments to market
integration in the region and represents them on a regional
map. The analysis finds heterogeneous levels of domestic
market integration across countries and significant
"border effects" for the majority of contiguous
countries in the sample, which reveal that markets are more
integrated within than between countries. Countries that are
members of the same regional trade agreement have
substantially "thinner" borders with other
members. Finally, the analysis shows that countries with
less integrated domestic markets and "thicker"
borders with their neighbors also have a higher prevalence
of food insufficiency. These findings support policy efforts
in tackling domestic and border impediments to transactions
such as reforming customs, simplifying nontariff measures,
addressing corruption, improving the quality of roads, and
deepening regional trade agreements. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Brenton, Paul Portugal-Perez, Alberto Regolo, Julie |
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Brenton, Paul Portugal-Perez, Alberto Regolo, Julie |
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Brenton, Paul |
title |
Food Prices, Road Infrastructure, and Market Integration in Central and Eastern Africa |
title_short |
Food Prices, Road Infrastructure, and Market Integration in Central and Eastern Africa |
title_full |
Food Prices, Road Infrastructure, and Market Integration in Central and Eastern Africa |
title_fullStr |
Food Prices, Road Infrastructure, and Market Integration in Central and Eastern Africa |
title_full_unstemmed |
Food Prices, Road Infrastructure, and Market Integration in Central and Eastern Africa |
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food prices, road infrastructure, and market integration in central and eastern africa |
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World Bank Group, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/08/20104921/food-prices-road-infrastructure-market-integration-central-eastern-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19340 |
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