The agro-food sector in OECD countries is heading towards an era of turbulance and transition. With food demand in developing countries growing, barriers to trade and investment falling, and consumer tastes and preferences rapidly diversifying, the landscape of OECD food markets will be...

The governments of most developed, and many developing, countries impose border measures—tariffs, tariff rate quotas and export subsidies—to boost the domestic market prices of agricultural commodities. In some OECD countries, governments also provide financial support to their agricultural...

The present study highlights the various linkages that exist between double taxation treaties and bilateral investment treaties and some of the associated challenges that they pose to African countries signing these agreements. There is a growing recognition of the need to ensure better...