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Trade policies and food security: Essays from IFPRI's 2002-2003 Annual Report
Watkins, Kevin; von Braun, Joachim; Diaz-Bonilla, Eugenio; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2003
Globalization could and should benefit developing countries. But unlike a rising tide that lifts all boats, large and … small, globalization is unequal. It has fallen far short of its much-ballyhooed potential to help the world's poorest people … prosper and many of the poor to fall more deeply into destitution. Agricultural protectionism in rich countries enables them …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996811
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Developing countries and the WTO negotiations: essay from IFPRI's 2002-2003 Annual Report
Diaz-Bonilla, Eugenio; Gulati, Ashok - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2003
A dynamic agricultural sector is crucial for economic growth, poverty alleviation, and food security in developing countries. Although primary agricultural activities are declining over time as a share of the economy, they still represent about one-fourth of total economic activity and 60...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996812
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Time to stop dumping on the world's poor: essay from IFPRI's 2002-2003 Annual Report
Watkins, Kevin; von Braun, Joachim - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2003
What can governments in rich countries do about poverty in poor countries, apart from increasing and improving aid and endorsing ambitious poverty reduction goals? Answer: get serious about reforming their own farm policies and start dismantling the agricultural trade restrictions and subsidies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996824
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Póliticas comerciales y seguridad alimentaria: Reproducción de la Memoria Anual 2002-2003 del IFPRI
Watkins, Kevin; von Braun, Joachim; Diaz-Bonilla, Eugenio; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004
Globalization could and should benefit developing countries. But unlike a rising tide that lifts all boats, large and … small, globalization is unequal. It has fallen far short of its much-ballyhooed potential to help the world's poorest people … prosper and many of the poor to fall more deeply into destitution. Agricultural protectionism in rich countries enables them …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996843
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Economic implications of foreign exchange rationing in Ethiopia:
Dorosh, Paul A.; Robinson, Sherman; Ahmed, Hashim - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
Ethiopia enjoyed remarkable economic growth from 2004/05 to 2008/09, in large part due to increases in foreign transfers and capital inflows combined with expanded domestic credit to fund major increases in private and public investments in infrastructure and housing. However, this rapid growth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010933116
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Ending hunger in our lifetime: Food security and globalization
Runge, C. Ford (contributor); Senauer, Benjamin (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
At a time in history when conflict erupts daily in far-flung corners of the world, ending severe deprivation may be critical to global peace and stability. Yet we are far from reaching the goal of reducing hunger by 2025. The authors of this book bring good news: hunger can be banished in our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010752686
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A picture of tariff protection across the World in 2004: MAcMap-HS6, Version 2
Boumellassa, Houssein; Debucquet, David Laborde; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
MAcMap-HS6v2 is a comprehensive database providing detailed protection data at the 6 digit level of the harmonized system (HS6), i.e. more than 5000 products, for the year 2004. It includes ad valorem equivalents on MFN tariffs for 169 importing countries, as well as bilateral applied...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008459981
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The potential cost of a failed doha round:
Bouet, Antoine; Debucquet, David Laborde - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
by 7.7 percent and world welfare drops by US$353 bn. We then compare a resort to protectionism when the Doha Development … Agenda (DDA) is implemented versus a resort to protectionism when the DDA is not implemented. We find that this trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004967164
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Linking urban consumers and rural farmers in India: A comparison of traditional and modern food supply chains
Minten, Bart; Reardon, Thomas; Vandeplas, Anneleen - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
"Food supply chains are being transformed in a number of developing countries due to widespread changes in urban food demand. To better anticipate the impact of this transformation and thus assist in the design of appropriate policies, it is important to understand the changes that are occurring...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004967166
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Why is the Doha development agenda failing? And what can be done?: A computable general equilibrium-game theoretical approach
Bouet, Antoine; Laborde, David - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
"We herein use a world Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model to simulate 143 potential trade reforms and seek solutions to the issues hampering progress in the Doha Development Agenda (DDA). Inside the domain defined by all these possible outcomes, we apply the axiomatic theory of...
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