This paper has two purposes. It first considers the impact on world food prices of the changes in restrictions on trade … in staple foods during the 2008 world food price crisis. Those changes -- reductions in import protection or increases in … to seek a multilateral agreement to desist from changing restrictions on trade when international food prices spike. …

The purpose of this paper is to update the information on net food importing countries, using different definitions of … food, separating countries by their level of income, whether they are in conflict and whether they are significant oil … exporters. The study also estimates the changes in net food importing status of these countries over the last two and a half …

determine issues such as: What will be the impact of the vaccine on the epidemic? Who should be vaccinated? Will an AIDS vaccine … epidemic if vaccination leads to riskier behavior? How much funding will be needed? The authors use two computer simulation … population groups: all adults, teenagers, high-risk groups, and women of reproductive age. The impact of vaccines on the epidemic …

such different policies toward genetically modified (GM) food. Results show that when firms (in this case farmers) lobby …