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    Trade liberalisation, agricultural productivity and poverty in the Mediterranean region

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2008
    This working paper explores the links between trade openness, agricultural productivity, growth and poverty reduction in a panel of Mediterranean countries. The paper believes that international trade can lead to enhanced farming productivity through the diffusion of new technologies. This, in turn, would drive the agricultural growth process.
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    Agricultural trade: planting the seeds of regional liberalization in Asia

    United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2007
    This publication brings together papers prepared for the “Regional Agricultural Trade Liberalization” project, which was implemented by the Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade (ARTNeT) researchers between May 2005 and December 2006.
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    The state of the world's animal genetic resources for food and agriculture

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2007
    Drawing on 169 Country Reports, contributions from a number of international organisations and twelve specially commissioned thematic studies, this report presents an analysis of the state of agricultural biodiversity in the livestock sector.
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    South Africa and China: the agricultural and fisheries trading relationship

    Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa, 2008
    A feature of world trade over the last ten years has been the dramatic growth of China's trade with the world.  This paper examines the agricultural component of Chinese trade with South Africa, which it aims to place in broader perspective of China's global trading relationships.
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    Tropical and diversification products: strategic options for developing countries

    International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, 2008
    This paper aims to provide strategic options for developing countries regarding the liberalisation of tropical products.
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    The Doha talks and the bargaining surplus in agriculture

    Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy, 2007
    The Doha Round has been slow to achieve a reduction in the level of agricultural protection. This remains the case notwithstanding the substantial economic benefits that would arise from a more liberal agricultural trading regime. This paper analyses the political motivations behind this reluctance to reduce agricultural protection through a bargaining model.
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    Privatisation and liberalisation in the agricultural sector: an examination of processes and outcomes in three African cases

    Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2007
    This report assesses issues surrounding promotion of privatisation and liberalisation measures by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the context of African primary production.
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    OECD agricultural trade reforms: impact on India's prices and producers' welfare

    2007
    This paper examines the possible impact of liberalisation of agriculture trade on small holder farmers in India. The paper analyses the impacts of removing agriculture subsidies in the European Union and United States and of import trade tariffs in India.
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    Impact of trade liberalization on agriculture in the Near East and North Africa

    International Fund for Agricultural Development, 2007
    Some argue that free trade is good for poverty reduction. This report examines the impact of trade liberalisation on small farmers and other poor households in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region. It combines a comprehensive review of the literature on trade liberalisation with four country case studies to examine the distributional impact in more depth.
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    Policy space for Mexican maize: protecting agro-biodiversity by promoting rural livelihoods

    Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University, 2007
    This policy analysis examines the room for alternative policies for agricultural provisions in Mexico under existing economic and environmental agreements, including North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

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