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We analyze the relationship between food security and trade, focusing on food importers' exposure to sudden market …), which gauges the degree to which a country depends on another for food imports. Food trade maps are drawn by the application …
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We analyze the relationship between food security and trade, focusing on food importers' exposure to sudden market …), which gauges the degree to which a country depends on another for food imports. Food trade maps are drawn by the application …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010507404
This report examines the different channels through which trade openness (and reforms to achieve it) can affect a … country’s food security. The overall conclusion is that trade openness has a positive net impact on food security, although … of trade protection. The challenge for policymakers is to design flanking policies which enable countries to reap …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276759
We analyze the relationship between food security and trade, focusing on food importers’ exposure to sudden market …), which gauges the degree to which a country depends on another for food imports. Food trade maps are drawn by the application …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010840953
discussed. This paper contributes to the ongoing debate by analyzing the relationship between greater openness to trade and … dietary diversity. It focuses on the post-communist countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia where trade reforms as part … of the economic and political transition provide a natural experiment for studying the effects of trade openness on …
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We develop a variation of the Grossman-Helpman Protection for Sale" model, where organized groups, representing various sectors of the economy, influence government policy. In particular, this paper focuses on the rise of food prices and a greater level of influence of a food sector lobby,...
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India's policy responses to the food price crisis were strong. Exports of basic staples were banned. Domestic support prices of wheat and rice were raised substantially. The urea price increases in global markets were absorbed through enhanced fertilizer subsidies. The government launched the...
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India's policy responses to the food price crisis were strong. Exports of basic staples were banned. Domestic support prices of wheat and rice were raised substantially. The urea price increases in global markets were absorbed through enhanced fertilizer subsidies. The government launched the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011440664
This paper analyses the status of food security in selected South Pacific Island countries, namely Cook Islands, Fiji Islands, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu at the national and household levels during the period 1991-2002. Due to narrow resource base and production...
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Some consumers are willing to pay extra for food if it is of domestic origin. This paper theoretically examines the consequences of such home biased behavior for agricultural policy, assuming that the policy is decided by the median voter. The analysis is conducted in the framework of a small...
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