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Seasonality in Local Food Markets and Consumption : Evidence from Tanzania

This paper revisits the extent of seasonality in African livelihoods. It uses 19 years of monthly food prices from 20 markets and three years of nationally representative household panel surveys from Tanzania. Trigonometric specifications are intro...

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Main Authors:	Kaminski, Jonathan, Christiaensen, Luc, Gilbert, Christopher L.
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	JOBS CREDIT MARKETS STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION CAPITAL MARKETS CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES HOUSEHOLD SIZE SEASONAL FACTOR SUBSISTENCE SUBSTITUTION PRICE STABILIZATION STOCK SALES FOOD CONSUMPTION CALORIC CONSUMPTION PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND RURAL POOR DOMESTIC MARKET CASSAVA FOOD PRICES FOOD POLICY RURAL LIVELIHOODS IFPRI WORLD MARKETS AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS PRICE CALORIC INTAKE PRICE VOLATILITY RETAIL REGION POVERTY REDUCTION PRICE VARIATION GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY MAIZE FOOD MARKETS YAMS FOOD EXPENDITURE CEREALS PRICE THEORY RURAL HOUSEHOLDS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DATES PRICE CHANGES FOOD PRICE COOKING SURPLUS PRODUCTS SEASONAL FACTORS FOOD PRODUCERS MARKETING MARKETS POOR RURAL HOUSEHOLDS BARS FOOD EXPENDITURES FOOD AVAILABILITY PRODUCT FARMERS FOOD PRODUCTS CALORIE GAP COMMODITY PRICE POOR INFRASTRUCTURE FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD BUYERS EXPENDITURE COPING MECHANISMS STAPLE FOODS CONSUMPTION SUBSTITUTE REGIONAL MOVEMENTS FOOD SECURITY VOLATILITY REGIONAL DUMMIES VILLAGE‐LEVEL VALUE TUBERS DEMAND MEASUREMENT OF POVERTY EXPENDITURES AGRICULTURE PRICE FLUCTUATIONS FOOD SHORTAGE MALNUTRITION SALE AVERAGE PRICE REGIONAL MARKETS NUTRITION MARKET RETAIL PRICES FOOD HOUSEHOLD DISTRIBUTION FOOD DEMAND POLICY GROUNDNUTS RURAL AREAS POTATOES REGIONS POST‐HARVEST POOR HOUSEHOLDS MONOPOLIES POVERTY BANANAS SUPPLY MARKET DEMAND SWEET POTATOES ABSOLUTE TERMS MARKET POWER HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION WHEAT WAREHOUSES FOOD PRODUCT MARKET INTEGRATION RICE HOUSEHOLD WELFARE PRICE VARIATIONS FOODS REMOTE AREAS PULSES FOOD STAPLES REGIONAL CAPITALS INTERNATIONAL MARKETS PRICES SPREAD STORAGE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/12/25700645/seasonality-local-food-markets-consumption-evidence-tanzania http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23620

Seasonality in Local Food Markets and Consumption : Evidence from Tanzania

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