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Political economy synthesis: The food policy crisis

The food price crisis revealed contradictions in creating food policy. Much of the common policy response can be explained by a benevolent, unitary government. To understand the variance between countries, however, requires understanding fractured government decision-making, path dependency, and institutional constraints. Governments´ relationships with the private sector are very complex. They reveal both the firms´ lobbying successes as well as how the deep distrust between private and public sectors lead to perverse policy incentives and unintended consequences that undermine intended outcomes. Decision makers´ private interests and riot prevention played significant roles in selected cases, but were not leading factors overall.