project paper

Prices and quality in urban food retail

Evidence from Addis Ababa
by Thomas Woldu,
Girum Abebe,
Indra Lamoot and
Bart Minten
Open Access

We study food retail in Addis Ababa based on a large survey of food retail outlets selling cereals, fruits and vegetables, and pro-cessed foods. The study shows high variation in quality and prices in the city and an increasing differentiation in food retail markets in recent years.