nature of smallholder agriculture in Africa; the many factors shaping the location, nature, and performance of agricultural …

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 terms of size, income, and structure of trade and protection. Using …

maquila and more generous treatment of foreign investment. The model shows that CAFTA has a small positive effect on growth …, employment and poverty. Tariff reduction under CAFTA adds about .2% to the growth rate of output up to 2020. Liberalizing the … rules of origin for maquila has a bigger positive effect on growth and poverty mainly because it raises the demand for …

more generous treatment of foreign investment. We first show that trade liberalization under CAFTA has a positive effect on … in foreign investment in response to CAFTA has an even larger impact on growth, employment and poverty. These simulations … growth, employment and poverty but the effect is small. What really matters for Honduras is the assembly (maquila) industry …

barrier to the growth of domestic and international commercial markets for food and feed. In recent years the aflatoxin … reduce the detrimental impacts of aflatoxins? Because growth of the molds that produce aflatoxins is caused by multiple … Procurement by Stéphane Méaux, Eleni Pantiora, and Sheryl Schneider 10. Reducing Aflatoxins in Africa’s Crops: Experiences from …

eight of the countries that make up southern Africa — Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland … will also see income growth. Both will put increased pressure on the natural resources needed to produce food, and climate … change makes the challenges greater. Southern Africa is already experiencing rising temperatures, shifting precipitation …