Hunger Pains: the Impact of Trade on the Global Food Crisis

A collapsed government in Haiti, deadly rioting in Egypt and protests in at least 25 other countries—all resulting from the rising cost of food around the world. A food crisis has emerged rapidly in the last 18-36 months, a crisis quickly threatening to add an additional 100 million to the worlds already 850 million starving....

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Aid for Trade: Challenges Ahead BY MARIAROSARIA IORIO, INTERNATIONAL POLICY ANALYST

From the Task Force Recommendations (2006) to the Second Global Review (6-7 July 2009) Aid for Trade was launched in 2006 at a moment when the crisis was not yet at the horizon, and the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) seemed on track to be concluded (not without difficulties). Three years after the Task Force (TF)...

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