The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has presented a unique challenge to governments across the globe, reinforcing the need to improve understanding of domestic and international trade trends to provide more informed options for policy response.
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Improving data quality for the CAADP biennial review: A partnership initiative piloted in five countries
This paper presents results of a data partnership framework for strengthening evidence-based planning and implementation that was initiated in 2019 in five selected African countries (Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Senegal, and Togo) during the second
ASEAN, SAARC, and the indomitable China in food trade: A gravity model analysis of trade patterns
We assess food trade among and across two Asian trading blocs, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), and China.
In the context of the project Quantitative Foresight Modeling to Inform the CGIAR Research Portfolio, IFPRI’s International Model for Policy Analysis of Agricultural Commodities and Trade (IMPACT) was linked to the global dynamic computable genera
Eggs before chickens? Assessing Africa’s livestock revolution with an example from Ghana
This paper analyzes the impacts of adopting restrictive import policies for chicken meat in Ghana, which would be like the policies adopted in Nigeria.
Since the inception of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1995, member countries have been heavily relying on the organization's dispute settlement procedure (DSP).
Trade and economic impacts of destination-based corporate taxes
Current US proposals for destination-based corporate taxes that effectively combine a value-added tax (VAT) and a wage subsidy raise important policy questions for countries considering them, and for their trading partners.
Climate change, agriculture, and adaptation in the Republic of Korea to 2050: An integrated assessment
As the effects of climate change set in, and population and income growth exert increasing pressure on natural resources, food security is becoming a pressing challenge for countries worldwide.
Export competition issues after Nairobi: The recent World Trade Organization agreements and their implications for developing countries
This paper reviews, from the perspective of developing countries, the recent agreement reached at the 10th WTO Ministerial at Nairobi related to export competition, including exports subsidies, food aid, export credits and guarantees, and state tr
Two-tier asymmetric information as a motive for trade, trade policies, and inefficient trade agreements
The tide that does not raise all boats: An assessment of EU preferential trade policies
Agricultural trade: What Matters in the Doha Round?
Differential export taxes along the oilseeds value chain: A partial equilibrium analysis
This research has been undertaken to understand the rationale for the implementation of decreasing export taxes along the value chain in middle-income countries, in particular in the oilseeds value chain.
Food price volatility in Africa: Has it really increased?
Bangladesh rice trade and price stabilization
The extent to which Bangladesh should rely on imports for rice price stabilization is a contentious policy issue.
The price and trade effects of strict information requirements for genetically modified commodities
This paper assesses the global economic implications of the proposed strict documentation requirements on traded shipments of potentially genetically modified (GM) commodities under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.
Is SAFTA trade creating or trade diverting?
The Agreement on South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) entered its second phase of implementation in 2008.
Rich consumers and poor producers
In recent years, quality standards have become crucial for developing countries’ agricultural production systems in gaining access to high-value markets abroad or at home.
"We herein use a world Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model to simulate 143 potential trade reforms and seek solutions to the issues hampering progress in the Doha Development Agenda (DDA).