Does agricultural growth in poor countries harm agricultural-exporting rich countries?

Distributional Effects of WTO Agricultural Reforms in Rich and Poor Countries

" Trade theory is about whose hand is in whose pocket and trade policy is about who should take it out. " Finger (1980)

rich diseases in poor countries

Why does capital flow from poor to rich countries?

Lucas’ classic paper (1990) highlighted the paucity of capital flows from rich to poor countries, in contrast with predictions of standard theory. He suggested four explanations – but they cannot explain the copious capital flows from certain emerging relatively low-income countries, notably China, to the USA. Empirical studies confirm Lucas’ observation. Additionally, Prasad et al (2007) showe...

Agricultural Policy Choices in Developing Countries

The document contains ongoing work on an OECD project that examines the role of agricultural policies in raising incomes and reducing poverty in developing countries. A key focus is on ways in which the policy recommendations that the OECD has developed for its member countries might need to be qualified in the case of lower income developing countries. The paper is divided into two parts: Part...

Agricultural Productivity and Poverty in Developing Countries

Extensions to DFID Report No.7946 Lin Lin, Victoria McKenzie, Jenifer Piesse and Colin Thirtle * Environmental Policy and Management Group T.H.Huxley School of Environment, Earth Sciences and Engineering Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, SW 7 2BP ** School of Management and Organizational Psychology Birkbeck College, University of London, London, WC 1E 7HX and Univer...