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Africa, Regional Cooperation and the World Market
The European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI) held its 11th General Conference on "Insecurity and Development -- Regional issues and policies for an interdependent world" during September 2005 in Bonn. The Nordic Africa Institute, which during the last few years has had a staff member as the elected Swedish representative on the EADI Executive Committee, had organised a panel on "Regional Co-operation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Between Collective Self-Reliance and Global Trade Regimes". The contributions approached from various perspectives and different but related subject areas the issue of the global market, trade liberalisation and the options for African (counter- )strategies to relate or respond to emerging trends. Ian Taylor recapitulated the background, emergence and positioning of The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD). ... Henning Melber presented a critical assessment of the current EU negotiations for Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs). ... Michael Brüntrup suggested a re-thinking of protection for agricultural markets in Sub-Saharan Africa with special reference to West Africa and the case of Senegal.
Drought Challenges
Drought Challenges: Livelihood Implications in Developing Countries, Volume Two, provides an understanding of the occurrence and impacts of droughts for developing countries and vulnerable sub-groups, such as women and pastoralists. It presents tools for assessing vulnerabilities, introduces individual policies to combat the effects of droughts, and highlights the importance of integrated multi-sectoral approaches and drought networks at various levels. Currently, there are few books on the market that address the growing need for knowledge on these cross-cutting issues. As drought can occur anywhere, the systemic connections between droughts and livelihoods are a key factor in development in many dryland and agriculturally-dependent nations. Connects the biophysical, social, economic, policy and institutional aspects of droughts across multiple regions in developing world Analyzes policy linkages between government agencies, public institutions, NGOs, the private sector and communities Includes a discussion of gender dimensions of drought and its impacts Presents a multi-sectoral perspective, including the human dimensions of drought in developing countries
Fair Play: the Recent Common Agricultural Policy and Its Limited Effect on Development
Abstract: Once again, we have the same old story: The negotiations on a new financial framework for the European Union (EU) will also influence the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Critics of the CAP are increasingly using its development policy (side) effects in the debate: European subsidies would promote poverty and food insecurity in developing countries through cheap European exports and destroy prospects for those populations, especially for young people in rural areas. But is this accusation justified, and what implication does it have for the future CAP? (author's abstract)
Agriculture and Development
The book highlights proceedings from the Berlin 2008: Agriculture and Development conference held in preparation for the World Development Report 2008.
German Aid for Trade
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Agricultural Price Policy and Its Impact on Production, Income, Employment and the Adoption of Innovations
The study analyses the impact of agricultural price policy on agricultural production and its composition, agricultural incomes, rural income distribution and the labour economy. The analysis focuses on the cotton sector in Benin where a price stabilisation policy is pursued in combination with a package of services such as extension, input and credit supply, marketing and innovation development. Macro-economic data in Benin are often not available or so unreliable that a micro-economic approach with primary data collection has been chosen. This approach also permits to analyse intra- and inter-household distributional effects of price policy, differentiated by agro-ecological zone, household size, ethnic group and gender.
