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The Commodity-Price-Energy-Exchange Nexus - How Oil, Currency and Agricultural Markets Interact to Drive Food-Price Instability in Nigeria, Kenya and Ghana
The persistent volatility of global crude-oil prices, real effective exchange-rate (REER) fluctuations, and the erratic movement of staple-commodity prices have converged to create a precarious environment for food-price stability in many low-income economies. This study investigates the simultaneous effects of crude-oil price shocks, REER movements, and volatile agricultural commodity prices on domestic food-price inflation and household food access in three West-East African economies—Nigeria, Kenya, and Ghana. Drawing on a mixed-methods framework, the research first converts quarterly fisca…
