Global food price crisis : trade policy origins and options (English)

The current spike in global food prices has deep roots in decades of trade distorting policies that have encouraged inefficient agricultural production in rich countries and discouraged efficient production in developing countries. High-income countries have historically protected their domestic producers and subsidized inefficient production most recently biofuels and dumped surpluses onto global markets. In turn, developing countries have often...

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Chauffour,Jean-Pierre Christophe;
Document Date
2008/07/24
Document Type
Brief
Report Number
44894
Volume No
1
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1
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World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Global food price crisis : trade policy origins and options
Keywords
Agriculture

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Chauffour,Jean-Pierre Christophe.

Global food price crisis : trade policy origins and options (English). Trade note; no. 34 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/932831468314991865

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