Biographical note: Paul Dorosh is director of the Development Strategy and Governance Division at the International Food Policy Research Institute and led IFPRI's Ethiopia Strategy Support Program in Addis Ababa from 2009 to 2011. Shahidur Rashid is a senior research fellow in the Markets,...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a dynamic computable general equilibrium (DCGE) model to analyze economy-wide impacts of different types of public spending in China. A particular focus is placed on their impacts on food economy. Design/methodology/approach – In this paper,...

Bangladesh has substantially liberalized its trade and agricultural pricing policies since independence in 1971, removing most distortions to agricultural incentives by the mid-1990s. Although trade protection for some agricultural and industrial products has increased sharply since 1998, total...