Impacts of COVID-19 responses on the political economy of African food systems : workshop report 4
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2021-06-22
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The argument underpinning a political economy approach is that relationships between politics and economics are not neutral, value-free, or coincidental. The project’s consideration of economic outcomes of Covid-19 regulations aims to better understand the politics behind them, and how regulations have shaped distribution of benefits and risks at the local level. Another aspect of the political economy analysis may include how discourses over the availability of certain produce has been managed in the governance of the crisis. For instance, disruptions caused by lockdown restrictions have made it difficult for small-scale informal operators to acquire permits to continue their businesses as usual.
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POLITICAL POWER, COVID-19, PANDEMIC, FOOD SECURITY, OWNERSHIP, FOOD PRODUCTION, POLITICAL ECONOMY, SUPPLY CHAINS, INFORMAL SECTOR, LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS, PRICING, SOUTH OF SAHARA