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Agricultural Trade, Policy Reforms, and Global Food Security
Kym Anderson
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Description for Agricultural Trade, Policy Reforms, and Global Food Security
hardcover. Series: Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy. Num Pages: 370 pages, 110 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KCP; KCT; KNAC; RNFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 28. Weight in Grams: 642.
This book explores the potential for policy reform as a short-term, low-cost way to sustainably enhance global food security. It argues that reforming policies that distort food prices and trade will promote the openness needed to maximize global food availability and reduce fluctuations in international food prices. Beginning with an examination of historical trends in markets and policies, Anderson assesses the prospects for further reforms, and projects how they may develop over the next fifteen years. He pays particular attention to domestic policy changes made possible by the information technology revolution, which will complement global change to deal directly with ... Read more
This book explores the potential for policy reform as a short-term, low-cost way to sustainably enhance global food security. It argues that reforming policies that distort food prices and trade will promote the openness needed to maximize global food availability and reduce fluctuations in international food prices. Beginning with an examination of historical trends in markets and policies, Anderson assesses the prospects for further reforms, and projects how they may develop over the next fifteen years. He pays particular attention to domestic policy changes made possible by the information technology revolution, which will complement global change to deal directly with ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
370
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy
Number of Pages
370
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137471680
SKU
V9781137471680
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99-15
About Kym Anderson
Kym Anderson is Professor of Economics at the University of Adelaide and the Australian National University. He has also worked at the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade Secretariat (now the World Trade Organization) and at the World Bank as Lead Economist, Trade Policy. He has published many books, including Distortions to Agricultural Incentives: A Global Perspective, 1955-2007.
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