Poverty impacts of the volume-based special safeguard mechanism (English)

The volume-based Special Safeguard Mechanism was proposed as essential for small, poor farmers and became the proximate cause of the collapse of the Doha Agenda negotiations in 2008. But is it helpful for these farmers, given that it is likely to be applied when farm output is depressed and many poor farmers in developing countries need to buy food? Stochastic simulations for 31 countries suggest that use of this safeguard in line with the proposed...

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Ivanic,Maros;

Martin, Will;
Document Date
2014/08/01
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Policy Research Working Paper
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WPS7006
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1
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1
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World,
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Other,
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2014/08/01
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Disclosed
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Poverty impacts of the volume-based special safeguard mechanism
Keywords
global poverty

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Ivanic,Maros; Martin, Will.

Poverty impacts of the volume-based special safeguard mechanism (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 7006 Washington, DC: World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/591891468152397603

Poverty impacts of the volume-based special safeguard mechanism (English)

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