Agriculture
- Dumping on the poor: the Common Agricultural Policy, the WTO and International Development
- This paper critiques the EU's Common Agricultural Policy as a mechanism that promotes over-production and dumping of cheap goods that undercut local markets in developing countries. At the same time tariffs and other obstacles prevent agricultural producers in these countries from accessing the European markets for their own goods. The paper calls for the EU to support the proposal for the a proposal for a "development box" in the WTO’s Agreement on Agriculture, which would change the rules to allow governments the right to protect small-scale farmers from influxes of cheap goods.
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- Does China influence global food prices and developing country exports?
- ( N. Villoria / AgEcon Search , 2009)
- This paper explores the consequences of the growth in China's demand for food on prices in the international markets for agricultural products. It focuses on two current debates in the literature rela...
- Interplay and linkages in the relevance of Malaysia’s strategic approach to food security
- ( L.C.Y. Wong / Institute of Strategic and International Studies, Malaysia , 2009)
- High food prices from 2007 through mid-2008 spawned serious implications for food security, macroeconomic stability and even political stability in many countries, especially developing ones. Subseque...
- Role of agricultural technology in promoting economic growth: lessons from China
- ( J. Huang;S. Rozelle / International Food Policy Research Institute , 2009)
- This report outlines the growth success registered by China over the past decades. It states that China’s rapid economic growth would not have been possible without successful growth in the agri...
- The modalities on which developing countries can rely in WTO agricultural negotiations
- ( A. Hoda;A. Gulati / International Food Policy Research Institute , 2008)
- To aid developing-country negotiators, the book "WTO Negotiations on Agriculture and Developing Countries" offers an authoritative analysis of the rules and modalities on which governments o...
- How can Syria benefit from converting specific tariffs into AVEs?
- ( M. Babili / National Agricultural Policy Centre, Syria , 2009)
- In order for WTO member countries to progress in Doha Round negotiations, and particularly on their negotiations on agricultural tariff reductions, they should clear the obstacle of how to convert spe...
- Are current agricultural policies efficient in achieving WTO developmental objectives?
- ( V. Zahrnt / European centre for international political economy , 2009)
- As the Doha negotiations are at a dead end, this paper takes a step back to address the future direction of WTO disciplines in agriculture. The paper argues for moving from the current "boxes&quo...
- Can domestic demand management measures offset the need for export restrictions?
- ( S. Mitra;T. Josling / International Food and Agricultural Trade Policy Council, USA , 2009)
- Export restrictions are often imposed as a mean to promote domestic food security. Although they may bring some short-term relief to domestic consumers, economic analysis shows that their overall impa...
- Could the concentration of power in the global cocoa market have advantages?
- ( J. Cappelle / Oxfam , 2008)
- The cocoa tree is an important source of income for millions of farming families in West Africa, the largest supplier of cocoa. Cocoa is traded through a local and international supply chain, and is m...
- Agro-food sector: is Turkey a competitor or partner to the EU states?
- ( A. Samoggia;P. Maccani;M. Michetti / University of Bologna , 2008)
- This paper analyses the role that European countries’ institutional relations and economic policies have in improving the agricultural economic performance in Turkey. In particular, the paper ex...
- Enterprise development support activities in post-conflict countries
- ( J. Stokes / US Agency for International Development , 2008)
- The research addresses three case studies, Vegafruit in Bosnia, growth with equity in Mindanao -Philippines and an IFC project in Afghanistan. ...
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