GLOBAL AGRICULTURAL TRADE AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES by M. Ataman Aksoy (Editor), John C. Beghin (Editor) ( 9780821358634 )

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Title:

GLOBAL AGRICULTURAL TRADE AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

By:

M. Ataman Aksoy (Editor), John C. Beghin (Editor)

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0821358634

ISBN 13:

9780821358634

Publisher:

WORLD BANK PUBLICATIONS

Pub. date:

1 November, 2004

Pages:

448

Description:

Presents research findings based on a series of commodity studies of significant economic importance to developing countries. The studies analyze current policy regimes in key producing and consuming countries document the magnitude of these distortions and estimates the distributional impacts of trade and domestic policy reforms.

Synopsis:

Global Agricultural Trade and Developing Countries presents research findings based on a series of commodity studies of significant economic importance to developing countries. First, the book sets the stage with background chapters and investigations of cross-cutting issues. Trade and domestic policy regimes affecting agricultural and food markets are described, and the resulting patterns of production and trade are assessed. The book follows with an analysis of product standards and costs of compliance and their effects on agricultural and food trade. An investigation of the impact of preferences given to selected countries and their effectiveness is next. The evidence on the attempts to decouple agricultural support from agricultural output is then reviewed. The last background chapter explores the robustness of the global gains of multilateral agricultural and food trade liberalization. Given this context, the book presents detailed commodity studies for coffee, cotton, dairy, fruits and vegetables, groundnuts, rice, seafood products, sugar, and wheat. These markets feature distorted policy regimes among industrial or middle-income countries.The studies analyze current policy regimes in key producing and consuming countries document the magnitude of these distortions and estimates the distributional impacts -winners and losers- of trade and domestic policy reforms. By bringing the key issues and findings together in one place, Global Agricultural Trade and Developing Countries aids policy makers and researchers, both in their approach to global negotiations and in evaluating their domestic policies on agriculture. This book also complements the recently published Agriculture and the WTO that focuses primarily on the agricultural issues within the context of the WTO negotiations.

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Imprint:

World Bank Publications

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