This paper clarifies linkages between food aid and food trade, both theoretically and empirically. A theoretical model first shows that domestic policy is crucial for the trade effects of food aid. Food trade may fall, remain constant, or even rise due to increased food aid. The important issue...

Gegenwärtig ist eine exzessive Inanspruchnahme der Tropenwälder durch die Land- und Forstwirtschaft zu beobachten, die auf eine Kombination aus Marktversagen und Politikversagen zurückzuführen ist. Dadurch werden wichtige ökologische Funktionen der Tropenwälder gefährdet. So beherbergen...

This paper provides a computable general equilibrium analysis of the medium to long-run impact of FDI inflows on poverty and income distribution in Bolivia. The simulation results suggest that FDI inflows enhance economic growth and reduce poverty. However, the income distribution typically...