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"High production and export subsidies in developed countries and high protection in both developed and developing countries have distorted rice trade. This study estimates the impact of rice policy distortions on developing countries' rice production and trade potential. Because rice markets are...
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Feeding nine billion people by 2050 is a top priority on the global agenda for sustainable and inclusive development. This task is especially formidable in Asia, where more than two-thirds of the world’s poor and malnourished people live. Food prices in Asia are projected to remain high...
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of origin and assesses the structural adjustment in demand as indicated by the increase in imports from Sri Lanka since … the tsunami in December 2004. The primary objective of this research is to assess how Sri Lanka’s fish exports affected … fish exports from Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda (Lake Victoria region). Although the results show no significant price …
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transform its domestic rice sector and become more competitive with imports in order to ultimately displace them over time … imports in the short and medium term. This is especially true so long local varieties cannot compete on quality and post …
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Rice is a strategic commodity for food security in West Africa. Its consumption has grown rapidly over time as a result of population growth, urbanization, and increasing purchasing power. Dependency on imported rice exposes the region to external shocks stemming from the global market. Given...
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imports of wheat. From July 2005 to March 2007, private sector wheat imports were profitable and domestic wheat prices closely … wheat prices, so private sector wheat imports were no longer profitable. Most recently, rationing of foreign exchange for … imports effectively stopped private sector wheat imports beginning in about April 2008. Partial equilibrium analysis shows …
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Beginning in April 2008, lack of access to foreign exchange effectively stopped private sector wheat imports …. Government imports and subsidized sales to millers and households in late 2008, subsequently increased domestic supply and … foreign exchange for wheat imports (or auctioning government wheat imports of the same volume) would have eliminated the wheat …
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This study assesses the future growth prospects of Rwanda. The report first focuses on broad economic growth using a rather aggregated 18-sector dynamic general equilibrium model to display the trade-off between rapid growth and structural change. The analysis shows that with the current...
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reduces firms’ production capacities and exports (intensive margin). By making it more difficult to engage in a (highly …
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The long-term reduction of hunger and poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa remains one of the great challenges for the international development community. Eliminating hunger and promoting widespread growth in the region inevitably involves agriculture, given its central role in the region's economies....
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