Evidence and implications of non-tradability of food staples in Tanzania 1983-98

Economic reform programmes assume that major goods are tradable, such that depreciation of the real exchange rate raises the value of output compared to factor costs in domestic currency. In Tanzania, major food staples that account for most real income are non-tradables in at least one-quarter of t...

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Main Authors: Delgado, Christopher, Minot, Nicholas, Tiongco, Marites M.
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spelling oai:animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph:faculty_research-139842024-03-11T01:45:40Z Evidence and implications of non-tradability of food staples in Tanzania 1983-98 Delgado, Christopher Minot, Nicholas Tiongco, Marites M. Economic reform programmes assume that major goods are tradable, such that depreciation of the real exchange rate raises the value of output compared to factor costs in domestic currency. In Tanzania, major food staples that account for most real income are non-tradables in at least one-quarter of the country. This conclusion is demonstrated and the implications are assessed for the constraints imposed on macroeconomic-led adjustment strategies. 2005-04-01T08:00:00Z text https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/12436 Faculty Research Work Animo Repository Agriculture—Economic aspects—Tanzania Food security—Tanzania Agriculture and state—Tanzania Economics Growth and Development Social and Behavioral Sciences
institution De La Salle University
building De La Salle University Library
continent Asia
country Philippines
Philippines
content_provider De La Salle University Library
collection DLSU Institutional Repository
topic Agriculture—Economic aspects—Tanzania
Food security—Tanzania
Agriculture and state—Tanzania
Economics
Growth and Development
Social and Behavioral Sciences
spellingShingle Agriculture—Economic aspects—Tanzania
Food security—Tanzania
Agriculture and state—Tanzania
Economics
Growth and Development
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Delgado, Christopher
Minot, Nicholas
Tiongco, Marites M.
Evidence and implications of non-tradability of food staples in Tanzania 1983-98
description Economic reform programmes assume that major goods are tradable, such that depreciation of the real exchange rate raises the value of output compared to factor costs in domestic currency. In Tanzania, major food staples that account for most real income are non-tradables in at least one-quarter of the country. This conclusion is demonstrated and the implications are assessed for the constraints imposed on macroeconomic-led adjustment strategies.
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author Delgado, Christopher
Minot, Nicholas
Tiongco, Marites M.
author_facet Delgado, Christopher
Minot, Nicholas
Tiongco, Marites M.
author_sort Delgado, Christopher
title Evidence and implications of non-tradability of food staples in Tanzania 1983-98
title_short Evidence and implications of non-tradability of food staples in Tanzania 1983-98
title_full Evidence and implications of non-tradability of food staples in Tanzania 1983-98
title_fullStr Evidence and implications of non-tradability of food staples in Tanzania 1983-98
title_full_unstemmed Evidence and implications of non-tradability of food staples in Tanzania 1983-98
title_sort evidence and implications of non-tradability of food staples in tanzania 1983-98
publisher Animo Repository
publishDate 2005
url https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/12436
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