Global Agricultural Trade And Developing Countries

by AKSOY, M. ATAMAN; Beghin, John C.

• ISBN13: 9780821358634
• ISBN10: 0821358634
• Edition: CD
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-11-01
• Publisher: World Bank

Summary

This publication explores key issues in global agricultural trade policy, production and trade patterns. It sets out research findings based on a series of commodity studies for coffee, cotton, dairy, fruits and vegetables, groundnuts, rice, seafood products, sugar, and wheat; all of which are important commodity markets for developing countries and which feature distorted policy regimes among industrial or middle-income countries. The studies analyse current policy regimes in key producing and consuming countries and estimate the distributional impacts of policy reforms and their impact on trade flows and production location. Other issues discussed include: product standards and compliance costs, the impact and effectiveness of preferences, attempts to decouple agricultural support from agricultural output, and the potential gains from global liberalisation in agricultural and food markets.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xiii
Contributors	xv
Acronyms and Abbreviations	xvii
Introduction and Overview	1	(16)
M. Ataman Aksoy
John C. Beghin
Part I. Global Protection and Trade in Agriculture
The Evolution of Agricultural Trade Flows	17	(20)
M. Ataman Aksoy
Global Agricultural Trade Policies	37	(18)
M. Ataman Aksoy
The Impact of Agricultural Trade Preferences, With Particular Attention to the Least-Developed Countries	55	(20)
Paul Brenton
Takako Ikezuki
Experience With Decoupling Agricultural Support	75	(16)
John Baffes
Harry de Gorter
Agro--Food Exports from Developing Countries: The Challenges Posed by Standards	91	(24)
Steven M. Jaffee
Spencer Henson
Global Agricultural Reform: What is at Stake	115	(26)
Dominique van der Mensbrugghe
John C. Beghin
Part II. The Commodity Studies
Sugar Policies: An Opportunity for Change	141	(20)
Donald O. Mitchell
Dairy: Assessing World Markets and Policy Reforms: Implications for Developing Countries	161	(16)
Tom Cox
Yong Zhu
Rice: Global Trade, Protectionist Policies, and the Impact of Trade Liberalization	177	(18)
Eric J. Wailes
Wheat: The Global Market, Policies, and Priorities	195	(20)
Donald O. Mitchell
Myles Mielke
Groundnut Policies, Global Trade Dynamics, and the Impact of Trade Liberalization	215	(22)
Ndiame Diop
John C. Beghin
Mirvat Sewadeh
Fruits and Vegetables: Global Trade and Competition in Fresh and Processed Product Markets	237	(22)
Ndiame Diop
Steven M. Jaffee
Cotton: Market Setting, Trade Policies, and Issues	259	(16)
John Baffes
Seafood: Trade Liberalization and Impacts on Sustainability	275	(22)
Cathy A. Roheim
Coffee: Market Setting and Policies	297	(14)
John Baffes
Bryan Lewin
Panos Varangis
Index	311