Sahel and West Africa Club Secretariat (SWAC/OECD)

West African Futures: settlement, market and food security

By Philipp Heinrigs, 28 OCT 2011

www.oecd.org/swac/waf

Market integration: mapping market sheds

Understanding functioning and interactions

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• Food security is market

• Market is regional

• Importance of better understanding

Settlement, markets and flows

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Production and market flows: Maize

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Header 1 – HelevetiaNeueLT 24

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Market sheds: Maize

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Regional functioning

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Header 1 – HelevetiaNeueLT 24

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Nigeria?

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Header 1 – HelevetiaNeueLT 24

• bullet 1, Versailles LT Std light, 20

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Nigeria?

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Header 1 – HelevetiaNeueLT 24

• bullet 1, Versailles LT Std light, 20

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Nigeria? Benin, Togo, Mali!

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Header 1 – HelevetiaNeueLT 24

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Market attraction

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Header 1 – HelevetiaNeueLT 24

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Missing link

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Header 1 – HelevetiaNeueLT 24

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Production – markets – settlements

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• Functioning: directions, links, prices,

costs, size

• Interdependence: strategy and policy

formulation, BUT also impact evaluation

Market sheds – analyses and tools

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