ch. 1. Trade and economic development -- chapter 2. The colonizing nations -- chapter 3. The early English colonies -- chapter 4. Maritime trade -- chapter 5. Economic life in colonial communities -- chapter 6. The road to revolution.

This paper explores the impact of the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) agreement on food security by using a gravity model to examine the regional changes in trade in agricultural products. This is followed by a discussion of how this might affect the four dimensions of food security,...

Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic severely impacted food security. In particular, the closure of international borders disrupted the food supply chain. Our paper examines the interaction between COVID-19, agri-food trade, and food inflation using evidence from South Asia. Using fixed effect and...