This paper evaluates spatial market integration in cereal markets in Sudan, focusing on wheat and sorghum, two major cereal crops. Sudan’s context provides important insights on the functioning of markets in economies marred by sanctions, conflicts, so... Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
Wheat subsidies, wheat markets and food security in Sudan: Current state and options for the future
PROJECT PAPER BY KIBROM A. ABAY, FATMA ABDELAZIZ, LINA ALAAELDIN ABDELFATTAH, CLEMENS BREISINGER, PAUL A. DOROSH, DANIELLE RESNICK, KHALID SIDDIG AND AMY WILLIAM This policy note summarizes the key findings from the following four research papers prepa... Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
New Publication: Evaluating cereal market (dis)integration in Sudan
WORKING PAPER BY KIBROM A. ABAY, LINA ALAAELDIN ABDELFATTAH, CLEMENS BREISINGER AND KHALID SIDDIG This paper evaluates spatial market and price transmission in cereal markets in Sudan, focusing on wheat and sorghum, two major cereal crops. We use compr... Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
NEW PUBLICATION: DISTRIBUTIONAL CONSEQUENCES OF WHEAT POLICY IN SUDAN: A SIMULATION MODEL ANALYSIS
Working Paper BY Paul A.Dorosh Despite reforms in early 2021, including a devaluation of the currency and a liberalization of imports, there remain significant distortions in Sudan’s wheat value chain, especially related to subsidized sales prices of ... Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
NEW PUBLICATION: Regional Developments – MENA
By Kibrom Abay, Clemens Breisinger, Dalia Elsabbagh, Hosam Ibrahim, Ahmed Kamaly, and Mariam Raouf
As in most regions, the coronavirus pandemic evolved rapidly in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), starting as a health crisis in mid-March and ... Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
