"This final report was prepared by Bruno Losch, Sandrine Fréguin-Gresh and Eric White (World Bank), with contributions of Thierry Giordano and Jean-François Bélières (Cirad). It was peer-reviewed by Derek Byerlee, Don Larson (World Bank), and André Pouilles-Duplaix (AFD). The report draws...

The world's agrifood systems have been transformed by a process of globalization in which ever-closer functional integration of the world's economies has occurred, supported by the Internet, the rise of transnational corporations, and the removal of many barriers to trade and investment. This...

"Economics of Agricultural Development examines the causes, severity, and effects of poverty, population growth, and malnutrition in developing countries. It discusses potential solutions to these problems, progress made in many countries in recent years, and the implications of globalization...

The post-communist states of Central and Eastern Europe have gone from being among the world's most closed, autarkic economies to being some of the most export-oriented and globally integrated. While previous accounts have attributed this shift to post-1989 market reform policies, Besnik Pula...