The State of food and agriculture 2005 : : agricultural trade and poverty : can trade work for the poor?..
Can trade work for the poor? Trade and trade liberalization affect the poor and food-insecure. Trade can be a catalyst for change, promoting conditions that enable the poor to raise their incomes and live longer, healthier and more productive lives. But because the poor often survive on a narrow mar...
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| Language: | English |
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Rome:
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,
2005..
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| Series: | FAO agriculture series,
no. 36 |
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| Online Access: | https://firstsearch.oclc.org/WebZ/DCARead?standardNoType=1&standardNo=9251053499:srcdbname=worldcat:fromExternal=true&sessionid=0 https://firstsearch.oclc.org/WebZ/DECRead?standardNoType=1&standardNo=9251053499&sessionid=0&srcdbname=worldcat&key=79ff1dde0277cb9b3b2f91b3f5eeb6ba16f71d2f5341d842577551d38132696e&ectype=MOREINFO |
| Summary: | Can trade work for the poor? Trade and trade liberalization affect the poor and food-insecure. Trade can be a catalyst for change, promoting conditions that enable the poor to raise their incomes and live longer, healthier and more productive lives. But because the poor often survive on a narrow margin, they are particularly vulnerable in any reform process, especially in the short run as productive sectors and labor markets adjust. Opening national agricultural markets to international competition - especially from subsidized competitors - before basic market institutions and infrastructure are in place can undermine the agriculture sector with long-term negative consequences for poverty and food security. Among the many important lessons from this analysis is the need for policy-makers to consider carefully how trade and complementary policies can be used to promote pro-poor growth. The report recommends a twin-track approach: investing in human capital, institutions and infrastructure to enable the poor to take advantage of trade-related opportunities, while establishing safety nets to protect vulnerable members of society. |
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| Item Description: | Podnaslov na ovojnici: Agricultural trade and poverty : can trade work for the poor? |
| Physical Description: | XIII, 197 str.: ilustr., zemljevidi; 30 cm.. |
| ISBN: | 9251053499 (broš.) 9789251053492 (broš.) |
| ISSN: | 0081-453; |