Policy Briefs
Trade, Food Security and the War in Ukraine: The Cases of Egypt and Sudan
No.
PB 119
Publisher
ERF
Date
November, 2023
In a nutshell
- The objective this brief is to examine the nexus between trade, food security and the war in Ukraine with a special focus on Egypt and Sudan.
- Given the high dependency of the two countries on wheat imports, both experienced high inflation and lower economic growth, threatening their food security.
- We explore how the two countries might develop bilateral capacities targeting agriculture, electricity, and infrastructure with the view to scale-up the economic cooperation.
- We show, using the trade complementarity index, that despite a limited complementarity between their trade structures, there is room to increase their bilateral exports if infrastructure and other behind-the-border barriers are addressed.
Research Fellows
Chahir Zaki
Chaired Professor of Economics, University of Orléans
Authors
Alzaki Alhelo
PhD, Tufts University