Governance: Informal food markets in Africa’s cities

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dc.creatorResnick, Danielle
dc.date2017
dc.date2024-06-21T09:23:13Z
dc.date2024-06-21T09:23:13Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:13:28Z
dc.descriptionUrbanization is moving fastest in Africa south of the Sahara, with major implications for food security and other governance challenges. Large urban poor populations rely heavily on the informal economy for accessible, affordable food. Most eggs, meat, fish, and milk sold to the urban poor are from informal markets. Food security policies in urban Africa face institutional, administrative, and political challenges: Lack of local mandate for food security under decentralization policies. Lack of cross-sectoral, cross-ministerial policy integration. Political contest over cities that occasionally leads to violence. Government interventions have focused on control, regulation, and often violent eradication of the urban informal food economy.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/147716
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/98161
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/9780896292529
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceResnick, Danielle. 2017. Governance: Informal food markets in Africa’s cities. In 2017 Global Food Policy Report. Chapter 6. Pp 50-57. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896292529_06.
dc.subjectvalue chains
dc.subjecturban population
dc.subjectpolitics
dc.subjectinformal sector
dc.subjecturban areas
dc.subjecturbanization
dc.subjectdeveloping countries
dc.subjectfood security
dc.subjectpoverty
dc.subjectgovernance
dc.subjectcooperation
dc.titleGovernance: Informal food markets in Africa’s cities
dc.typeBook Chapter

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