Agricultural policies have important effects, positive and negative, on the poor, and the developing countries as a whole are expected to make important welfare gains from liberalization of agricultural trade and production. However, a quantitative assessment of the proposals in the current WTO...

The WTO negotiations on agriculture remain deadlocked after four years of discussion, and efforts to find a solution at Cancun failed. Analysis shows that the recent draft Cancun text offers more flexibility than earlier proposals, and such flexibility most likely implies a lower level of...

Agricultural export subsidies are one of the most distorting of the numerous distortions affecting agricultural trade, and the reluctance of users to make clear commitments for their elimination was a key factor contributing to the deadlock of the WTO negotiations on agriculture. In August 2004...

The edited volume ""Shared Harvests: Agriculture, Trade and Employment"" is the outcome of a technical cooperation project entitled ""Assessing and Addressing the Effects of Trade and Employment"" managed jointly by the European Commission and the International Labour Office (ILO) with funding...