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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
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008862326
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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
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International trade, regional integration and food security in the Middle East:
DeRosa, Dean A. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1995
and the world at large. Nondiscriminatory trade liberalization yields the greatest improvements in food security, but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008863993
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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 Bank’s Regional Program on Enterprise Development, covering Ghana, Kenya …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132723
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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 “evidence-based policy making†in the international development debate, the question arises as to which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132786
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WTO negotiations on agriculture and developing countries
Hoda, Anwarul (contributor); Gulati, Ashok (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The World Trade Organization’s Doha Round of trade talks has been plagued by a lack of concrete progress toward …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132815
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519784
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008521826
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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
The Agreement on South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) entered its second phase of implementation in 2008. The creation of a free trade area is expected to affect its participants—Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka—very differently given their diversity in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008521827
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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 … million tonnes. This has been achieved largely through a smallholder economy in which "Operation Flood", one of the world … survive in the new brave world of liberalization? What are the options for India in the coming rounds of multilateral trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996577