Economic Brief - The Political Economy of Food Security in North Africa

This report was produced by Jane Harrigan (Consultant, AfDB and Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London) under the supervision of Vincent Castel (Principal Program Officer, ORNA). Overall guidance was received from Jacob Kolster (Director, ORNA) and Nono Matondo-Fundani (Director, ORNB). The team also included Catherine Baumont-Keita (Lead expert, ORNB), Diabaté Alassane (Principal Country Economist, ORNB), and Audrey Chouchane (Chief Research Economist; EDRE) and Mohamed El Dhashan (Consultant, EDRE). The analysis and findings of this report reflects the opinions of the authors and not those of the African Development Bank Group, its Board of Directors or the countries they represent. The author acknowledges with thanks Dr Helen Tilley for the provision of research assistance for this paper.