What Drives Local Food Prices? : Evidence from the Tanzanian Maize Market

Baffes, John ; Kshirsagar, Varun ; Mitchell, Donald

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: GROWTH RATES;    ECONOMIC GROWTH;    OIL PRICE;    DOMESTIC SOURCES;    COMMODITY EXPORT;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-7338
RP-ID  :  WPS7338

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This study quantifies the relationshipbetween Tanzanian and external maize markets while alsoaccounting for domestic influences. It concludes thatexternal influences on domestic prices originate fromregional, rather than global, markets. It also shows that,compared to external factors, domestic factors exert agreater influence on Tanzanian maize markets. Further, themechanisms through which trade policies influence maizemarkets involve interactions with both external marketshocks and domestic weather shocks. Overall, it providesevidence that the intermittent imposition of export bans inTanzania has had adverse impacts on its maize markets, andconsequently, on the development of its agrarian economy.