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Reinvigorating the WTO as a negotiating forum

The multilateral trading system is on the verge of a crisis arising from, among others, the dysfunction of the WTO as a forum for trade liberalization and trade related rule-making.

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High-value agricultural exports from Africa

African exports of high-value agricultural products, such as processed agricultural goods and horticultural products have been growing rapidly.

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Mitigating the adjustment costs of international trade

The evidence demonstrating that nations gain from trade is overwhelming. However, trade liberalization can cause disruption to firms and workers, and its gains and losses are spread unevenly.

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How much will trade liberalization help the poor?

Trade liberalization is expected to act positively on development and poverty reduction... The traditional argument in favor of a positive relationship between liberalization and poverty reduction focuses on... [key] linkages.

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Ethiopia: livelihoods, growth, and markets

Recent trends in agricultural growth and food security in Eastern and Central Africa (ECA) have been discouraging.

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Uganda: income strategies and land management

Recent trends in agricultural growth and food security in Eastern and Central Africa (ECA) have been discouraging.

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Facing alternative futures

Food security in Africa has substantially worsened since 1970.

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Has economic growth in Mozambique been pro-poor?

This discussion paper examines trends in inequality in Mozambique, which in 1996 was one of the world’s poorest countries. In fact, it was so poor that mean per capita consumption was actually below the absolute poverty line.

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Are neighbors equal?

A methodology to produce disaggregated estimates of inequality is implemented in three developing countries: Ecuador, Madagascar, and Mozambique.

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Group-based financial institutions for the rural poor in Bangladesh

Table of Contents: Tables, Figures, Foreword, Acknowledgments, and Summary; 1. Introduction; 2. Determinants of the Placement and Outreach of Group-Based Financial Institutions:A County-Level Analysis; 3.

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La mujer: la clave de la seguridad alimentaria

El papel de la mujer en la economía se ha subestimado con frecuencia y su trabajo en la agricultura ha sido invisible por mucho tiempo.

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Women: the key to food security

This brief examines the key roles that women play in ensuring food security and makes three recommendations of ways to strengthen the food security through policies and programs that enhance women's abilities and resources to fulfill their ro