Time to stop dumping on the world's poor: essay from IFPRI's 2002-2003 Annual Report

Kevin Watkins and Joachim von Braun

No 2003Essay1, Annual report essays from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: What can governments in rich countries do about poverty in poor countries, apart from increasing and improving aid and endorsing ambitious poverty reduction goals? Answer: get serious about reforming their own farm policies and start dismantling the agricultural trade restrictions and subsidies that contribute to mass poverty across the developing world.

Keywords: globalization; equality; tariffs; trade protection; land tenure; poverty reduction; developing countries; trade barriers; trade liberalization; wto; farmers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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