Related Publications: Caribbean
Impacts of agricultural producer support on climate and nutrition outcomes with special emphasis on Latin America and the Caribbean
Despite significant reforms over the past 25 years, the agricultural sector remains highly subsidized. Agricultural producer support is projected to reach almost USD 1.8 trillion in 2030 (FAO/UNDP/UNEP 2021).
Are Plurilaterals a promising trade liberalization modality?
After 50 years of success, multilateral trade liberalization, conducted under the umbrella of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is in a deadlock, as illustrated by the impasse in which the Doha Round is for almost 20 years.
Some thoughts and proposals for a way forward
The WTO XII Ministerial Conference (MC12) will be a different and singular event for the organization and also for the participating member countries.
Measures taken in the context of the Covid-19 and discussed at the WTO Committee on agriculture
The purpose of this chapter is to take an inventory and to present the main content of some of the trade-related communications and declarations that WTO member countries submitted to the WTO Committee on Agriculture in 2020 and 2021 as response t
The road to the WTO twelfth Ministerial Conference: A Latin American and Caribbean perspective
The context of international food trade has changed considerably since the last Ministerial Conference (MC11) in 2017. Significant progress has not been achieved in many important issues that are still pending on the organization’s agenda.
Food systems in Latin America and the Caribbean: Challenges in a post-pandemic world
The book has been prepared by authors from different international organizations – including FAO, IFPRI, UNCTAD and ECLAC, as well as legislators and academics from prestigious Latin American universities – seeking to foster reflections for the Gl
La transformación de los sistemas alimentarios de América Latina y el Caribe en el contexto de la agenda 2030 y de la crisis del COVID 19 reflexiones institucionales y de políticas públicas
El sector agropecuario y en un sentido más amplio, los sistemas alimentarios, están en un proceso de ajuste y transformación impulsado por factores estructurales que se tratan de analizar en este trabajo.
Exchange rates, remittances, and competitiveness in Haiti
The exchange rate (ER) is one of the most important macroeconomic variables in the economy, defining the price of the domestic currency in relation to a foreign currency or currencies.
Haiti: The impact of COVID-19 and preliminary policy implications: Interim report
The country is facing a damaging combination of political, economic, social, and health crises, playing out amidst extreme uncertainty. The current situation is to a large extent the continuation of a very complex political and social history.