EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A major question that has surfaced in the changing context of world
agriculture is whether the smallholders would ride the wave of globalization or be swept …

This paper reviews experience with the use of computable or applied general equilibrium
(CGE or AGE) models to affect public policy. The range of issues on which CGE models …

This paper assesses the current state of evidence on the impact of trade policy reform on
poverty in developing countries. There is little empirical evidence addressing this question …

The character of the food system and the nature of food policy are both changing, as
urbanisation, technical change and the industrialisation of the food system transform the way …

In recent years, the impacts of macroeconomic shocks, such as fiscal reform and trade
liberalisation, on income distribution and poverty have become the subject of intense …

To analyze issues of income distribution, most disaggregated macroeconomic models of the
computable general equilibrium (CGE) type specify a few representative household groups …

Achieving food and nutrition security for all in a changing and globalized world remains a
critical challenge of utmost importance. The development of solutions benefits from insights …

The latest challenge faced by the Indonesian palm oil industry concerns the Delegated Act
that has been adopted to limit the use of palm oil in biofuels because palm oil is considered …

The relationship between economic growth and poverty is complex, especially in developing
countries where inadequate time series data often makes ex post analysis difficult. This has …

Most researchers examining poverty and multilateral trade liberalization have had to
examine average, or per capita effects, suggesting that if per capita real income rises …