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Trade and investment in Latin America and Asia: Lessons from the past and potential perspectives from further integration

Berisha-Krasniqi, Valdete; Bouet, Antoine; Estrades, Carmen - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011

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Trade reform and the poor in Morocco: a rural-urban general equilibrium analysis of reduced protection

Lofgren, Hans - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1999

Morocco is currently about to start reducing industrial protection in the context of its association agreement with the European Union. However, agriculture, which represents the major income source for the disfavored rural population, is the sector that is most strongly protected. In this...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008863991

International trade, regional integration and food security in the Middle East:

DeRosa, Dean A. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1995

Against the background of increasing interest in closer economic relations in the Middle East, the contribution that greater integration of markets might make to improving food security in the region is investigated, using a quantitative framework for gauging the reduction in instability of...

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Does freer trade really lead to productivity growth?: Evidence from Africa

Bresnahan, Lauren; Coxhead, Ian; Foltz, Jeremey; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013

We use firm-level data from the World Bankâ€™s Regional Program on Enterprise Development, covering Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, and Tanzania for 1991â€“2003. Econometric results confirm well-known relationships, such as a positive association between export intensity and TFP, which implies...

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Linking research and policy: The case of Ghana's rice trade policy

deGrassi, Aaron - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007

Agricultural trade policies, in particular import tariffs to protect domestic production, constitute a highly contested field of agricultural policy. In view of the recent focus on â€œevidence-based policy makingâ€ in the international development debate, the question arises as to which...

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WTO negotiations on agriculture and developing countries

Hoda, Anwarul (contributor); Gulati, Ashok (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

light of these considerations, and on the basis of a case study of India, the authors propose various elements of a …

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Modeling the global trade and environmental impacts of biofuel policies

Bouët, Antoine; Dimaranan, Betina V.; Valin, Hugo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010

There is rising skepticism about the potential positive environmental impacts of first generation biofuels. Growing biofuel crops could induce diversion of other crops dedicated to food and feed needs. The relocation of production could increase deforestation and bring significant new volumes of...

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Formal-informal economy linkages and unemployment in South Africa:

Davies, Rob; Thurlow, James - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009

South Africa's high involuntary unemployment and small informal sector are attributed to an underperforming formal sector and barriers to entry in the informal sector. This paper examines the economywide linkages between the formal and informal economies while accounting for different types of...

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Is SAFTA trade creating or trade diverting?: A computable general equilibrium assessment with a focus on Sri Lanka

Bouet, Antoine; Mevel, Simon; Thomas, Marcelle - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010

of a free trade area is expected to affect its participants—Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and …

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Trade liberalization, market reforms and competitiveness of Indian dairy sector

Sharma, Vijay Paul; Gulati, Ashok - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2003

From chronic shortages of milk, India has emerged today as the largest producer of milk in the world crossing 80 … protected through quantitative restrictions (QRs) and stringent licensing provisions. Since early 1990s, India embarked upon … survive in the new brave world of liberalization? What are the options for India in the coming rounds of multilateral trade …

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