“Agriculture, Development, and the Global Trading System: 2000-2015 is a timely and interesting collection of research articles that greatly inform our understanding of the importance of food security, economic development, and the role of trade policies. Antoine Bouet and David Laborde have pulled together this thoughtful collection of previously published articles and new research that should help policymakers and researchers gain a deeper understanding the complex relationships between the global trading system and food security. The articles range from simulation studies on the political economy tradeoffs of various negotiating positions to a tour de force discussion of the economic and operational issues behind food security stocks. Recognizing that the Doha Development Agenda has been locked in a difficult geopolitical logjam, these pieces help us understand some of the intricacies and challenges, perhaps held hostage by rapidly changing global and regional political economy and economic geography considerations that countries did not expect and did not foresee at the outset. As we proceed into a period of great uncertainty around globalization this set of articles forms an important record of the kind of analysis needed to make better informed decisions.”
-Robert Koopman, Chief Economist, Director of Economic Research and Statistics Division, World Trade Organization