Part I: An overview 1. The political economy of food price policy : an overview / Per Pinstrup-Andersen -- Part II: Syntheses of Findings from Country Studies 2. International to domestic price transmission in fourteen developing countries during the 2007-08 food crisis / Kenneth Baltzer ; 3. A cacophony of policy responses : evidence from fourteen countries during the 2007-08 food price crisis / Shane Bryan ; 4. Policy processes and food price crises : a framework for analysis and lessons from country studies / Suresh Babu ; 5. A political economy synthesis : the food policy crisis / Derrill D. Watson II -- Part III: The political economy of food price policy in low-income landlocked countries. 6. The political economy of food price policy in Ethiopia / Assefa Admassie ; 7. The The political economy of food price policy in Malawi / Ephraim W. Chirwa and Blessings Chinsinga ; 8. The The political economy of food price policy in Zambia / Antony Chapoto -- Part IV: The political economy of food price policy in low-income countries with limited dependence on food imports. 9. The political economy of food price policy in Kenya / Jonathan Makau Nzuma ; 10. The political economy of food price policy in Mozambique / Virgulino Nhate, Claudio Massingarela, and Vincenzo Salvucci -- Part V: The political economy of food price policy in low and middle-income countries heavily dependent on food import. 11. The political economy of food price policy in Bangladesh / Selim Raihan ; 12. The political economy of food price policy in Egypt / Ahmed Farouk Ghoneim ; 13. The political economy of food price policy in Nigeria / Aderibigbe S. Olomola ; 14. The political economy of food price policy in Senegal / Danielle Resnick -- Part VI: The political economy of food price policy in large exporters. 15. The political economy of food price policy in Vietnam / Nguyen Manh Hai and Theodore Talbot ; 16. The political economy of food price policy in India / Kavery Ganguly and Ashok Gulati ; 17. The political economy of food price policy in China / Jikun Huang, Jun Yang, and Scott Rozelle ; 18. The political economy of food price policy in Brazil / Bernardo Mueller and Charles Mueller ; 19. The political economy of food price policy in South Africa / Johann F. Kirsten -- Part VII: The political economy of food price policy in high-income countries. 20. US policy contributions to agricultural commodity price fluctuations 2006-12 / Gordon C. Rausse and Harry de Gorter ; 21. Food price volatility and EU policies / Johan Swinnen, Louise Knops, and Kristine Van Herck -- Part VIII: Conclusions and recommendations. 22. The political economy of food price policy : key policy-related lessons / Per Pinstrup-Andersen