Documents & Reports
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Assessing the Demand for Trade-Related Food safety and Quality Interventions in Agri-Food Chains (English)
The evolution of technical regulations and standards in the area of food safety and quality are of great concern to donors aiming to provide support for the establishment and/or enhancement of agri-food...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 141977 Document Date: January 1, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Henson,Spencer,Jensen,Michael Friis,Jaffee,Steven M.,Diaz Rios,Luz Berania
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The Safe Food Imperative : Accelerating Progress in Low and Middle-Income Countries (English)
Food safety is linked in direct and indirect ways to achieving many of the Sustainable Development Goals, especially those on ending hunger and poverty, and promoting good health and well-being. Food and...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 133154 Document Date: December 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Jaffee,Steven M.,Henson,Spencer,Unnevehr,Laurian J.,Grace, Delia,Cassou,Emilie
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Not yet up to standard : the legacy of two decades of private, governmental, and donor efforts to promote Ugandan horticultural exports (English)
The relative prosperity enjoyed by Uganda during the 1960s, based largely on the traditional exports of coffee, tea, cotton, and tobacco, was eroded by a devastating civil war over the period 1971 to 1985...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 71630 Document Date: July 20, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Diaz Rios,Luz Berania,Jaffee,Steven M.,Henson,Spencer,Mugisha,Johnny
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Linking African smallholders to high-value markets : practitioner perspectives on benefits, constraints, and interventions (English)
This paper provides the results of an international survey of practitioners with experience in facilitating the participation of African smallholder farmers in supply chains for higher-value and/or differentiated...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS4573 Document Date: March 1, 2008 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Blandon, Jose,Cranfield,John Andrea Lionel,Henson,Spencer,Jaffee,Steven M.,Siegel,Paul Bennett
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New markets and their supporting institutions : opportunities and constraints for demand growth (English)
The key message in the paper is that demand and supply-side changes in high-value agricultural and food markets are presenting potentially lucrative opportunities for developing countries, both as a means...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 41361 Document Date: November 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Henson,Spencer
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Jamaica's trade in ethnic foods and other niche products : the impact of food safety and plant health standards (English)
Many of Jamaica's nontraditional agro-food exports face a broad range of competitiveness constraints related to inconsistent raw material production, high post-harvest losses, relatively high cost and...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 37055 Document Date: January 1, 2005 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Henson,Spencer,Jaffee,Steven M.
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Standards and agro-food exports from developing countries: rebalancing the debate (English)
The proliferation and increased stringency of food safety and agricultural health standards is a source of concern among many developing countries. These standards are perceived as a barrier to the continued...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS3348 Document Date: June 1, 2004 Author: Henson,Spencer,Jaffee,Steven M.
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Impact of sanitary measures on exports of fishery products from India: the case of Kerala (English)
This study provides an overview of fish and fishery products exports from India as a whole before focusing on the fish and fishery products sector in Kerala. The food safety and other technical requirements...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 37054 Document Date: June 1, 2004 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Henson,Spencer,Rajasenan,Damodharan,Saqib,Mohammed