摘要:SYNOPSIS: Basic changes in market regulationhave provided an opportunity for low-income con-sumers in Zimbabwe to improve their diets and realincomes, even while macro-economic adjustments toremove unsustainable food subsidies were beingimplemented. This synthesis also shows how infor-mation on consumer preferences among incomegroups can be used to make markets work better forBACKGROUND: In an attempt to escape thethe poor, through active promotion of (self-targeted)food-price dilemma, many governments have soughtcommodities.