One of the unforeseen consequences of the WTO agreements has been controversy over risk. This volume explores aspects … of risk with special reference to the WTO, where national instruments to reduce risk may conflict with international … trade rules. The book is divided into sections dealing with: accounting for risk in trade agreements; risk and the WTO …

This book investigates the relationships between rural poverty, risk, and development. Building upon the author's work … in the area, it summarises the contributions of recent theoretical and empirical work to our understanding of how risk … affects rural poverty levels in developing countries. In particular the book examines what we do and do not know about risk …