Agricultural Trade Policy Reforms And Trade Liberalisation In The Mediterranean Basin

Author : Aikaterini Kavallari
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : 3631592035

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Agricultural Trade Policy Reforms and Trade Liberalisation in the Mediterranean Basin by Aikaterini Kavallari Pdf

Bilateral and multilateral trade agreements have been gaining attention and relevance in recent years. For the countries around the Mediterranean basin the most important regional trade agreements involved are the Euro-Med Agreements, which influence their trade flows as they aim to promote regional integration. Based on the theory of applied welfare economics, this study analyses empirically the impacts of different policy scenarios on the agricultural sector of Mediterranean countries by using an extended and modified version of the trade policy model AGRISIM. The results show that trade liberalisation, either multilateral or bilateral, would be beneficial for the Mediterranean agricultural markets due to positive welfare effects and should be considered by policy makers.

Author : Niek Koning,Per Pinstrup-Andersen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2007-05-07
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1402060858

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Agricultural Trade Liberalization and the Least Developed Countries by Niek Koning,Per Pinstrup-Andersen Pdf

Developing countries as a group stand to gain very substantially from trade reform in agricultural commodities. Agricultural Trade Liberalization and the Least Developed Countries is the first book to address important questions relating to this subject. The authors are world renowned experts on international trade and development and they address a very important and timely issue.

Author : Timothy Edward Josling,Tim Josling
Publisher : Peterson Institute for International Economics
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSD:31822025551722

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Agricultural Trade Policy by Timothy Edward Josling,Tim Josling Pdf

The Uruguay Round trade negotiations marked a historic turning point in the reform of agricultural trade. The Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture (URAA) replaced nontariff barriers with bound tariffs, curbed export subsidies, and codified domestic agricultural programs. Unfortunately, the URAA bound many of the tariffs that replaced nontariff barriers too high, it legitimized export subsidies, and it left the domestic farm policies of the major industrial countries largely untouched. Fortunately, regional trade institutions have also begun to grapple with agricultural trade liberalization. Agriculture was featured in the Mercosur agreement, in recent agreements between the European Union and the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, and in the North American Free Trade Area (NAFTA). Plans for broad supraregional trade structures, such as the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum and the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), have also dealt with the inclusion of agricultural trade. Meanwhile, in developing and middle-income countries, unilateral agricultural policy reforms have been part of recent economic policy changes. However, in the industrial countries, agricultural policy reform has languished in the face of much domestic opposition. But the reform of the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in 1992 and the 1996 Farm Bill in the United States seems to have ushered in a new era of relations between government and agricultural groups. The author points out ways that multilateral, regional, and unilateral paths could be coordinated to liberalized agricultural trade. He proposes a set of multilateral talks that would benefit from agricultural reform at all levels and complete the job begun at the Uruguay Round.

Author : Maria Cristina Paciello
Publisher : Edizioni Nuova Cultura
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-19
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9788868125080

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Building Sustainable Agriculture for Food Security in the Euro-Mediterranean Area by Maria Cristina Paciello Pdf

Sustainable agrocolture and food security are of particular concern for the countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, and represent one of the biggest challenges facing the area. As a consequence of the region’s heavy reliance on food imports, the sharp increase in food prices since 2007 and the consequent world food crisis has had macro-economic problems (inflation, trade deficits, fiscal pressure), increased poverty and political instability. This challenge, coupled with the consequences of environmental degradation, water scarcity, urbanization and climate stress, call for the urgent development of sustainable agriculture has mostly been ignored in Euro-Mediterranean relations, due to strong opposition from the EU. However, academics and policymakers have increasingly acknowlendged that agriculture that needs to be placed at the core of Euro-Mediterranean regional cooperation. Given the sensitiveness and strategic importance of agriculture for both shores of the Mediterranean, the IAI and the OCP Policy Center jointly organized a two-day conference in Rabat on November 20-21, 2014, to discuss food security and agriculture challeges in the framework of Euro-Mediterranean relations. The present colume collects the updated and revised versions of the twelve papers that were discussed in that meeting.

Author : Michel Petit,Etienne Montaigne,Fatima El Hadad-Gauthier,José María García Álvarez-Coque,Konstadinos Mattas,Samir Mili
Publisher : Springer
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319178134

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Sustainable Agricultural Development by Michel Petit,Etienne Montaigne,Fatima El Hadad-Gauthier,José María García Álvarez-Coque,Konstadinos Mattas,Samir Mili Pdf

This book provides an up-to-date assessment of sustainable agri-food systems and rural development in the Mediterranean countries. It examines and reviews the impact of EU and national policies on environmental and trade issues in agricultural and rural organizations in the southern and eastern Mediterranean region. The book also reflects key socio-economic and political issues such as resource management, income distribution, employment and migration trends, and sustainability aspects. It demonstrates technical and methodological tools used for the analysis and explains their application. The book presents the collective work of a research consortium funded by an EU (FP7) project.

Author : Karolina Klecha-Tylec
Publisher : Springer
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319402628

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The Theoretical and Practical Dimensions of Regionalism in East Asia by Karolina Klecha-Tylec Pdf

This book provides a comprehensive overview of developments in East Asian regionalism, combining qualitative evidence with empirical quantitative analysis. It argues that two dominant processes have formed East Asian regionalism: 1) regionalization, and 2) inter-regionalism. Klecha-Tylec examines the differences between traditional and new regionalisms as they apply to East Asia; the differences between East Asian and European regionalism; the role of the United States in shaping regional links; and the evolution of the three key structures of ASEAN, ASEAN+3, and Asia Summits. The book is unique for examining together the network, zonal, and geospatial dimensions of relations in East Asia as they apply at micro-regional, sub-regional, macro-regional, trans-regional and inter-regional levels. The book offers a detailed analysis of intra-regional links and the hybrid relationships between micro-regions and nation-states.

Author : Kym Anderson
Publisher : University of Adelaide Press
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781925261356

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Finishing Global Farm Trade Reform: by Kym Anderson Pdf

This study reviews policy developments in recent years and, in the light of that, explores ways in which further consensus might be reached among WTO members to reduce farm trade distortions – and thereby also progress the multilateral trade reform agenda. Particular attention is given to ways that would boost well-being in developing countries, especially for those food-insecure households still suffering from poverty and hunger.

Author : Dessus Sébastien,Suwa Akiko
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2000-07-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264182240

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Development Centre Studies Regional Integration and Internal Reforms in the Mediterranean Area by Dessus Sébastien,Suwa Akiko Pdf

The authors of this study highlight the opportunities trade liberaliastion agreements offer for supporting reforms to encourage industrial restructuring through financial transfers, providing incentives for producers to diversify, and securing new markets.

Author : Charles Chukwuma Soludo,Michael Osita Ogbu,Ha-Joon Chang
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Africa
ISBN : 9781592211654

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The Politics of Trade and Industrial Policy in Africa by Charles Chukwuma Soludo,Michael Osita Ogbu,Ha-Joon Chang Pdf

This book maps the process and political economy of policy making in Africa. It's focus on trade and industrial policy makes it unique and it will appeal to students and academics in economics, political economy, political science and African studies. Detailed case studies help the reader to understand how the process and motivation behind policy decisions can vary from country to country depending on the form of government, ethnicity and nationality and other social factors.

Author : Antonio Marquina
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789400709737

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Environmental Challenges in the Mediterranean 2000–2050 by Antonio Marquina Pdf

This book addresses six key factors that will affect environmental policies in the Mediterranean region during the next fifty years: population growth, climate change, soil erosion and desertification, water scarcity, food production, and urbanization and pollution. The authors assess these as potential sources of violent conflict. The interdisciplinary approach makes this a relevant and useful reference for a broad range of professionals, specialists and researchers.

Author : Antonio Marquina Barrio
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2004-02-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1402019491

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Environmental Challenges in the Mediterranean 2000-2050 by Antonio Marquina Barrio Pdf

This book addresses six key factors that will affect environmental policies in the Mediterranean region during the next fifty years: population growth, climate change, soil erosion and desertification, water scarcity, food production, and urbanization and pollution. The authors assess these as potential sources of violent conflict. The interdisciplinary approach makes this a relevant and useful reference for a broad range of professionals, specialists and researchers.

Author : Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly
Publisher : Council of Europe
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2004-04-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9287152357

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Documents by Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly Pdf

Author : Debra Johnson,Colin Turner
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0415220254

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European Business by Debra Johnson,Colin Turner Pdf

This textbook examines the increasing impact of the European Union on the European business environment, addressing the core challenges facing enterprises in the formative years of the new millennium.

Author : Judith Myrle Dean,Seema Desai,James Riedel
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821331027

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Trade Policy Reform in Developing Countries Since 1985 by Judith Myrle Dean,Seema Desai,James Riedel Pdf

"The recent and apparently broad move towards unilateral trade liberalization in the developing world has not been systematically documented, nor has comparative data been compiled. This study investigates the extent and character of trade reform in 32 countries in South Asia, East Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Changes in tariffs, non-tariffs barriers, foreign exchange controls, and export impediments between the mid-1980s and 1992/93 are discussed. Data are presented on changes in the level, range, and dispersion of tariffs, and coverage of quantitative restraints. Similarities and differences both within and between regions are evaluated." -- Website.

Author : Council of Europe,Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly
Publisher : Council of Europe
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2003-11-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9287152373

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Texts adopted at the third part of the 2003 ordinary session of the Parliamentary Assembly, 23-27 June 2003 by Council of Europe,Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly Pdf