COMMON MARKET FOR EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA Twenty Fourth Meeting of the Trade and Customs Committee Nairobi, Kenya 2 …

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There is continuing debate in east and southern Africa about the effects of food market reform on the welfare of small … trade policy tools to stabilize food prices. Unfortunately, there remains a dearth of empirical evidence on the effects of … alternative food marketing and trade policies, including that of liberalization, on price stability and predictability …

assess the impact of international rice trade policies onthe patterns of production, consumption, trade, and prices, from an …, namely, (1) trade policy groups, and (2) countries, toobtain a better idea of the partial effect of policies and or countries …, itcan contribute to an improved understanding of trade policy for regional and global rice supply and,thus, for improved …

There is no consensus about how globalization –trade and foreign investments – affects poverty reduction. Using … household-level implications of increased foreign investments and trade in the horticulture sector in Senegal. In many aspects …

The debate on trade and poverty is reinforced by recent studies on the role of standards. It is argued that increasing … standards act as trade barriers for developing countries and cause further marginalization of the poor. This paper is the first … to quantify income and poverty effects of such high-standards trade and to integrate labor market effects, by using …

The risk of non-indigenous pests entering theUK via international trade in fresh produce isincreasing. Suppliers of … that will more closely targetinspection efforts on the higher risk trade pathways. …

The debate on trade and poverty is reinforced by recent studies on the role of standards. It is argued that increasing … standards act as trade barriers for developing countries and cause further marginalization of the poor. This paper is the first … to quantify income and poverty effects of such high-standards trade and to integrate labor market effects, by using …