Background One of the most important consequences of climate change could be its effects
on agriculture. Although much research has focused on questions of food security, less has …

The projected rise in food-related greenhouse gas emissions could seriously impede efforts
to limit global warming to acceptable levels. Despite that, food production and consumption …

Abstract The International Food Policy Research Institute's International Model for Policy
Analysis of Agricultural Commodities and Trade (IMPACT) supports analysis of long-term …

This paper shows that improved trade facilitation can help promote export diversification in
developing countries. We find that 10 per cent reductions in the costs of international …

I suggest a novel theory of GATT/WTO negotiations based on Krugman's “new trade” model.
It emphasizes international production relocations and is easy to calibrate to bilateral trade …

In this paper we analyze the indirect land use change (ILUC) effects of ethanol production
expansion in Brazil through the use of an inter-regional, bottom-up, dynamic general …

The third version of the MAcMap-HS6 database, built as a result of a joint effort of CEPII
(Centre d'Études Prospectives et d'ÉInformations Internationales, Paris) and ITC …

Abstract In January 2012, the 18th African Union (AU) Summit of African Heads of States
and Governments was held in Addis Ababa. At this occasion, a major decision was taken …

This survey concludes that including agriculture in the negotiations was particularly
important economically. Although agricultural exports are less than 10% of merchandise …

This paper aims to assess the rationales for export taxes in the context of a food crisis. First,
we summarize the effects of export taxes using both partial and general equilibrium …