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What can governments in rich countries do about poverty in poor countries, apart from increasing and improving aid and endorsing ambitious poverty reduction goals? Answer: get serious about reforming their own farm policies and start dismantling the agricultural trade restrictions and subsidies...
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"African agriculture is at a crossroads. The current high food prices and the instability they have provoked in several countries have added impetus for African countries to review their agricultural policies and programs. New agricultural policies will have to be more focused on staple food...
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"Part of the difficulty in responding to the food crisis is the lack of credible and up-todate data on the impacts of food prices on poor people and on the effects of policy responses. Such information would allow international and national decision makers to use feedback to adjust their...
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This essay focuses on trends reflecting the globalization of the international economy and on changes in agricultural …
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Globalization could and should benefit developing countries. But unlike a rising tide that lifts all boats, large and … small, globalization is unequal. It has fallen far short of its much-ballyhooed potential to help the world's poorest people … agricultural globalization to work for the poor. Unilateral measures by one side or the other will help. But only concerted effort …
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"Recent IFPRI research shows how coordinated investments in regional agricultural trade and productivity can leverage regional growth dynamics and improve Africa's competitiveness in an increasingly globalized world." from Text. This brief looks at investing in trade by targeting Africa's own...
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The economic impact of globalization, particularly on poverty, and the changes in agri-food markets have received much … by focusing on the way globalization of agri-food systems affects the world's poor and its impact on food and nutrition … security in developing countries. Rather than offering a single policy prescription or simplistic messages about globalization …
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"Recent IFPRI research shows how coordinated investments in regional agricultural trade and productivity can leverage regional growth dynamics and improve Africa's competitiveness in an increasingly globalized world." from Text. This brief looks at investing in trade by targeting Africa's own...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997068
fund for sudden or certain “losers” in globalization, who face loss of livelihood and recruitment to violence when cash …
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