narrowly defined products, across cities exceed in some cases 100 percent. In addition, price volatility increased … substantially following the imposition of the trade restrictions with Sudan. This increase tends to hurt disproportionately the poor … across states to that of primary roads can yield a reduction in poverty from the rate of 51.7 percent in 2009 to between 42 …

countries to assess the impacts of changes in global food prices on poverty in individual countries and for the world as a whole …. The analysis finds that food price increases unrelated to productivity changes in developing countries raise poverty in … output. As a result, higher food prices appear to lower global poverty in the long run …

schemes are shown to be more resilient to idiosyncratic shocks and more effective in limiting contagion of debt distress. This …

market integration with trade decreases consistently during food shortages, increasing either the probability of no trade or … loss-making trade or the probability of profitable but unexploited trade opportunities. The data support a negative trend … in market integration with trade …

With food prices on the rise, understanding the transmission of price shocks, both internationally and domestically, is … central for trade policy analysis. This paper examines spatial market integration and its determinants for ten key food …. The perennial result of asymmetric price adjustment to foreign shocks also holds for Bolivia: domestic prices respond …

quantitative restrictions to trade. Moreover, in recent years, there has been an increasing recognition that: (a) even greater … than trade policy reforms narrowly defined. Disparities of regulatory treatment across borders can introduce distortions … that hinder both cross-border trade and the aggregate flows of investment on a regional basis. Regulatory harmonization and …

the accession to the World Trade Organization. For future policy considerations, this paper argues that its economic …

The tropical timber market is characterized by multiple species, multiple products, and regional patterns of trade and …