WTO negotiations and agricultural trade liberalization : the effect of developed countries' policies on developing countries / / edited by E. Diaz-Bonilla, S.E. Frandsen and S. Robinson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910446335003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Wallingford, UK ; ; Cambridge, MA, : CABI Pub., c2006
• ISBN: 1-280-73590-2; 9786610735907; 1-84593-081-9
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (351 p.)
• Classificazione: 83.42
• Altri autori (Persone): Díaz-BonillaEugenio <1948->; FrandsenSren Elkjr; RobinsonSherman
• Disciplina: 382/.41/091724
• Soggetti: Produce trade - Developing countries; Produce trade - Government policy; Agriculture and state; Foreign trade regulation
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Preface""; ""1 Overview""; ""2 Review of the EU Common Agricultural Policy""; ""3 The Common Agricultural Policy in an Enlarged Europe: Bright or Bleak Prospects for Africa?""; ""4 US Agricultural Policy: the 2002 Farm Bill and WTO Doha Round Proposals""; ""5 The Effects of Domestic Agricultural Reforms and Market Access on Trade and Production in Less Developed Countries""; ""6 Potential Coalitions and Convergence in the Doha Round""; ""7 Assessing the Harbinson Draft on Modalities in the WTO Agriculture Negotiations""; ""8 Food Security and the World Trade Organization: a Typology of Countries""""9 A Proposal for Combating Acute Food Shortages Based on Sub-Saharan African Needs""; ""10 Thinking Inside the Boxes: Protection in the Development and Food Security Boxes versus Investments in the Green Box""; ""11 That Was Then but This Is Now: Multifunctionality in Industry and Agriculture""; ""12 Trade in ; Genetically Modified Food: Promises and Pitfalls for the Poor""; ""13 Is the Everything But Arms Initiative the way to go for Least Developed Countries in the WTO Negotiations?""
• Sommario/riassunto: Based on original research by the Food and Resource Economic Institute in Denmark and the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington DC, this book addresses the controversial issue of the effects of developed countries' agricultural policies on developing countries. Written from the perspective of developing countries, it addresses the main issues raised by developing countries' governments, politicians, farmers organizations, NGOs, trade specialists and development specialists. It focuses on the key issues of food security, poverty, regional agreements, multifunctionality in a