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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Globalization and political economy of food policies: Insight from planting restrictions in colonial wine markets
Globalization transforms not just the economics of production and exchange in the world, but also the political economy of public policies.
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Quantification and benefits of reducing post-harvest losses: Evidence for vegetables in Senegal
This study examines on-farm post-harvest losses (PHL) for three vegetable crops (onion, tomato, and pimento) in Senegal and the potential economic benefits associated with reducing PHL for these three vegetables.
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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
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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.
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Mitigating the adjustment costs of international trade
This brief examines possible policy responses to the adjustment costs related to international trade.
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
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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
An assessment from the perspective of developing countries
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Two-tier asymmetric information as a motive for trade, trade policies, and inefficient trade agreements
This theoretical paper intends to provide an explanation of the implementation of behind-the-border policies, border policies, and of the inefficiency of trade negotiations.
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The tide that does not raise all boats: An assessment of EU preferential trade policies
The aim of this paper is to assess of the impact of the European Union’s trade preferences on global trade, focusing on several methodological issues that are relevant to the trade-creating impact of these preferences.
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Agricultural trade: What Matters in the Doha Round?
In this paper, we provide an overview of the agricultural trade negotiations within the current World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations and we show that including agriculture in the Doha Development Agenda talks is important both economically and
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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.
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Food price volatility in Africa: Has it really increased?
The food price crisis of 2007–2008 and recent resurgence of food prices have focused increasing attention on the causes and consequences of food price volatility in international food markets and the developing world, particularly in Africa south of
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Bangladesh rice trade and price stabilization
The extent to which Bangladesh should rely on imports for rice price stabilization is a contentious policy issue.
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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.