IFPRI Policy Seminar: Policymakers’ Responses to Food Price Crises

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Policy-Makers Responses to Food Price Crises: Results from a 14- Country Political Economy Study Per Pinstrup-Andersen IFPRI May 2, 2013

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Policy Seminar presentation by Per Pinstrup-Andersen, Cornell University at IFPRI Policy Seminar on "Policymakers’ Responses to Food Price Crises" May 3, 2013

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Policy-Makers Responses to Food Price Crises: Results from a 14-Country

Political Economy Study

Per Pinstrup-Andersen

IFPRI

May 2, 2013

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14 Participating Countries (Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Vietnam, Zambia)

European Union

United States

Collaborating Institutions: Cornell University, UNU-WIDER, and University of Copenhagen

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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Project OverviewProject OverviewFood Price Trend and Volatility in the World Market

Price Transmission

Domestic Price Trend and Volatility

Policy Response

Impact

Domestic Price-Related

FactorsPolicy

Process

Political Economy

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Project OverviewProject OverviewFood Price Trend and Volatility in the World Market

Price Transmission

Domestic Price Trend and Volatility

Policy Response

Impact

Domestic Price-Related

FactorsPolicy

Process

Political Economy

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Food Price Over TimeFood Price Over Time

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Wheat Weekly Price MinusWheat Weekly Price Minus12-Month Moving Average12-Month Moving Average

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Project OverviewProject OverviewFood Price Trend and Volatility in the World Market

Price Transmission

Domestic Price Trend and Volatility

Policy Response

Impact

Domestic Price-Related

FactorsPolicy

Process

Political Economy

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Wheat Prices in the World Market,South Africa and Bangladesh, 2005-2012

Source: Baltzer (2013)

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Rice Prices in the World Market,China and India, 2005-2012

Source: Baltzer (2013)

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Maize Prices in the World Market,Malawi and Zambia, 2005-2012

Source: Baltzer (2013)

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Increase in the Domestic Food Price as a Percent of the Increase in World Prices, June 2007-2008

Source: Minot, N. 2010. Transmission of World Food Price Changes to African Markets and its Effect on Household Welfare. Paper presented at the Comesa policy seminar, 25-26 January, Maputo, Mozambique.

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Estimates and Projections of Undernourished Estimates and Projections of Undernourished People Worldwide, 1990-2015People Worldwide, 1990-2015

Source: 2012 Global Food Policy Report, IFPRI.

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Real Food Price Indices in the EU andthe World Market 2005-2012 (2005=100)

Source: Swinnen, Knops, and Herck (2013)

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Cereal Prices in the EU and Cereal Prices in the EU and World Market 2005-2012World Market 2005-2012

Source: Swinnen, Knops, and Herck (2013)

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Coefficients of Variation for Selected Food Price Indices (2005-2012)

Source: Swinnen, Knops, and Herck (2013)

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U.S. Ethanol and Maize Prices, 2004-2006

Source: Rausser and de Gorter (2013)

MaizeEthanol

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U.S. Maize and Ethanol Prices, 2007-2012

Source: Rausser and de Gorter (2013)

Maize price Ethanol price

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Project OverviewProject OverviewFood Price Trend and Volatility in the World Market

Price Transmission

Domestic Price Trend and Volatility

Policy Response

Impact

Domestic Price-Related

Factors

Policy Process

Political Economy

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The Policy Response (1)The Policy Response (1)

1. Slow down domestic food price increases and volatility Trade policies to reduce price transmission Direct price control Removal of VAT on food Short term supply management Production expansions

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The Policy Response (2)The Policy Response (2)

2. Reduce negative impact on select groups Targeted cash transfers Targeted and untargeted food subsidies Increasing public sector wages

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Process and Process and Implementation Issues (1)Implementation Issues (1)

1. Ad hoc, delayed action

2. High fiscal costs Revenue losses

Export bans Import tariffs Elimination of VAT

Program costs

3. Interference with price signal

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Process andProcess andImplementation Issues (2)Implementation Issues (2)

4. Poor targeting (intentional or not) Transfers, safety nets Food and fertilizer subsidies

5. Corruption

6. Cross-border trading

7. Selective enforcement of export bans

8. Untimely government procurement

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Project OverviewProject OverviewFood Price Trend and Volatility in the World Market

Price Transmission

Domestic Price Trend and Volatility

Policy Response

Impact

Domestic Price-Related

Factors

Policy Process

Political Economy

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Political Economy Lessons (1)Political Economy Lessons (1)

1. Protecting government legitimacy

2. Pursuing domestic policies irrespective of international consequences

3. Unitary government decision-making is unusual

4. Repeating past or expanding current policies

5. Relative power of stakeholder group varied

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Political Economy Lessons (2)Political Economy Lessons (2)

6. Increasing urban bias

7. Smallholders versus larger farms

8. Mutual mistrust between government and the private sector

9. Foreign agencies had little influence

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Lessons for Development AssistanceLessons for Development Assistance

1. Do not assume unitary government decision-making process

2. Expect strong urban bias

3. Expect strong bias in favor of large-scale farming

4. Rhetoric and priority action may differ wrt smallholders

5. Mutual mistrust between public and private sector may be an important hindrance to broad-based economic growth

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Full papers and research briefs available at: http://www.wider.unu.edu/research/current-programme/en_GB/Political-Economy-of-Food/

Research briefs also available at:

www.foodpolicy.dyson.cornell.edu