decades, and, most important, the study measures the relative importance of these net food imports in the import basket of the …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 …

This paper decomposes manufacturing import growth rates in a selected set of large industrial and developing countries … of the world and from developing countries for aggregate and three-digit manufacturing sectors. Import growth is much …

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

This paper investigates the impact of increases in wheat flour prices on household food security using unique … the distributions of several food security measures. The estimates reveal that the negative marginal effect of a price … increase on food consumption is two and a half times larger for households that can afford to cut the value of food consumption …

-rising food prices, which can be particularly harsh for the poor. A potential solution for food-deficit countries is to hold … targeted intervention that directly offsets high prices with a subsidy similar to food stamps. …

Several studies addressing the supply and demand for food in China suggest that the nation can largely meet its needs …

The increase in food prices represents a major crisis for the world's poor. This paper aims to review the evidence on … the potential impact of higher food prices on poverty in sub-Saharan Africa, and examines the extent to which policy … responses will benefit the poor. The paper shows that rising food prices are likely to lead to higher poverty in sub …