Problems of economic and social development dominate the Irish rural development literature. This article distinguishes five separate themes: the pattern of agricultural adjustment and its consequences for land use and demography; the evaluation of alternative means of creating employment in...

Developing countries have both offensive and defensive interests in the Doha Round of WTO trade negotiations. This paper discusses the extent to which these interests have been addressed in the July 2004 Framework Agreement and in the subsequent negotiations. Many of the key demands of...

Over 300 papers were presented to the VIIIth Congress of the European Agricultural Economics Association, of which around 100 dealt with policy issues facing the agrifood sector. This article was presented as a rapporteur's report to the final plenary session of the Congress. It reviews the...