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Public stockholdings, special safeguard mechanism and state trading enterprises: What’s food security got to do with them?

Food security has been invoked for a variety of trade policy interventions and in many trade negotiations This chapter focuses on three trade topics for which food security concerns have been mentioned as the rationale (or at least part of it) for

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Regional developments

As the coronavirus pandemic reached every corner of the world, countries responded rapidly with an array of policies to stop it, and then with social and economic policies to protect food security, incomes, and livelihoods.

working paper

Políticas fiscales para mejorar el acceso económico a dietas saludables

Este es un documento de apoyo a la Consulta Regional en “Innovaciones en políticas económicas y sociales para hacer frente a el sobrepeso y la obesidad en América Latina y el Caribe,” organizada por la FAO con apoyo del IFPRI.

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Future foodscapes: Re-imagining agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean

Agriculture and food systems in Latin America and the Caribbean Region (LAC) are rightfully recognized as among the most successful on the planet: they have fed a fast-growing population, facilitated economic development, enabled urbanization, gen

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Regional developments

Building inclusive food systems to help reach the goal of ending hunger and malnutrition globally will require innovation and investment at the regional and country levels.

discussion paper

Looking at export tariffs and export restrictions: The case of Argentina

Export taxes have been used in many countries. The 2007–2008 food price crisis shed light on export policies’ dangerous consequences for food security during periods of price spikes.

working paper

Sugar taxes: An economy-wide assessment: The case of Guatemala

This study presents an economy-wide analysis for Guatemala, considering several tax options on sugar and SSB and then tracing their differentiated general economic effects.

book chapter

The G20, global trade and investment regimes, and a sustainable food future

After reviewing the complexity and challenges in building food systems to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), this article presents some suggestions for strengthening specific aspects of trade and investment policies.

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2018 Global food policy report: Synopsis [in Russian]

2017 год был отмечен ростом неопределенности на фоне неоднозначных признаков прогресса.

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2018 Global food policy report: Synopsis [in Arabic]

The year 2017 was marked by increasing uncertainty amid mixed signs of progress. The world enjoyed a strong economic recovery, but global hunger increased as conflicts, famine, and refugee crises persisted.

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2018 Global food policy report: Synopsis [in Chinese]

2017年,全球在取得不同方面进展的同时,各种不确定因素亦日趋增加。尽管世界经济复苏强劲,持续的冲突、饥荒及难民危机却导致全球饥饿人口增加。同时,在反全球化思潮的冲击下,全球格局呈现出复杂多变的态势,国际贸易和投资以及人口与知识的流动均受到阻碍。虽然在过去几十年里全球一体化加速推进了消除贫困和营养不良的进程,然而随着美国从多项重要国际协议中退出、英国退欧以及许多国家反移民言论的抬头,全球一体化进程开始出现倒退。

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2018 Global food policy report: Synopsis [in Bengali]

The year 2017 was marked by increasing uncertainty amid mixed signs of progress. The world enjoyed a strong economic recovery, but global hunger increased as conflicts, famine, and refugee crises persisted.

synopsis

2018 Global food policy report: Synopsis

The year 2017 was marked by increasing uncertainty amid mixed signs of progress. The world enjoyed a strong economic recovery, but global hunger increased as conflicts, famine, and refugee crises persisted.