Introduction -- The 2005-2008 food price swing -- Price transmission in Eastern and Southern Africa -- The impact of price changes on poverty and food security -- Policies for managing food price swings at the market level -- Improving access to food and inputs : consumption and production...

This paper attempts an investigation of the impact of the China factor on the global commodity and ocean shipping freight volatilities in recent years. It measures China's contribution to the incremental growth in demand for selected bulk commodities and ocean shipping in the world. China's...