The cost of a daily nutritious diet in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger is 110% higher than the west African region’s daily minimum wage.
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African countries require efficient infrastructure networks to boost trade within the region and with the rest of the world.
Border closures between Sahelian and coastal countries have had devastating consequences for the regional economy.
The system’s promoters must figure out how to compensate the African countries that run trade surpluses.
Monitoring and enforcing competition rules is essential to level the playing field for fairer food markets.
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Professor of Development Economics, University of Oxford
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Professor of Economics, Centre for Competition, Regulation & Economic Development, UJ, and at SOAS University of London; advisor Shamba Centre for Food & Climate, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Economics, University of Minnesota Duluth
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Associate Professor in Geography, University of Florida
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Researcher at Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development, University of Johannesburg
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Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)