COVID-19: Trade restrictions are worst possible response to safeguard food security

Glauber, Joseph W.; Debucquet, David Laborde; Martín, Will; Vos, Rob

doi:10.2499/p15738coll2.133762_14

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“…Similar consequences may be anticipated for bans imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic (Barichello, 2020;Glauber et al, 2020). Nevertheless, we expect that the effects of temporary export bans on agri-food products during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic will differ in several ways from those experienced during the 2007/2008 and 2010/2011 food price crises.…”

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Mapping potential implications of temporary COVID‐19 export bans for the food supply in importing countries using precrisis trade flows

2020

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Despite pleas from international organizations, governments and trade economists to refrain from imposing trade‐distorting measures, over 20 countries have implemented bans on the export of agri‐food products since the onset of the COVID‐19 crisis. These export prohibitions might adversely impact food security and disrupt well‐established global supply chains. We identify importing countries that could potentially be affected by the imposed export bans using a measure of their import dependency during the pre‐pandemic period to illustrate our results on global trade maps. We find that many importers rely on just one country for a significant share of the overall domestic supply of a particular commodity. [EconLit Citations: F10, F13, Q17, Q18]

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Mapping potential implications of temporary COVID‐19 export bans for the food supply in importing countries using precrisis trade flows

2020

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“…As with many consumers, governments also started ‘hoarding’ food by imposing trade constraints, in particular export bans in rice and wheat markets. Such export bans threatened to exacerbate global food supply problems (Glauber et al., 2020). Luckily, several of the initially introduced export constraints have since been removed.…”

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Covid‐19 and Global Food Security

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McDermott

2020

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Summary Covid‐19 has major implications for global food security. The virus itself and the policy reactions have triggered a massive recession and major disruptions in food value chains. The combination of both has been dramatic for the food and nutrition security of billions of poor people around the world. The impacts are heterogeneous, depending on the nature of the commodity, the resource‐intensity of the food systems, and the level of economic development. Covid‐19 affects the food security and nutrition of poor people more strongly than that of richer people. Women, children and migrants are particularly affected. It is important to balance movement control and other social distancing measures with policy initiatives to improve the food and nutrition security and livelihoods of vulnerable groups. A crucial issue moving forward is to make food supply chains, and food systems generally, more resilient for the future. While many food systems have been significantly disrupted, others have been more resilient, with food supplies relatively unaffected. Innovations are helping to overcome obstacles and make food supply chains more resilient for the future. Overall, the insights and lessons from Covid‐19 should help to design better policies and build more resilient and inclusive food systems for the future.

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“…the COVID-19 pandemic. These include notably export controls, especially of medical supplies, but they were also being considered for food (Evenett, 2020;Glauber, Laborde, Martin, & Vos, 2020).…”

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More and better investment now! How unlocking sustainable and digital investment flows can help achieve the SDGs

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The global community can address the collapse of investment following COVID-19, drive digital transformation, and help achieve the SDGs through five actions: (1) establish a Facility and Fund to provide resources for technical assistance and facilitate private-public collaboration, including through a new EASI Alliance, (2) endorse a Sustainable Investment Framework to advance such collaboration, through aligning and coordinating efforts, (3) adopt specific investment policies and measures to support sustainable FDI for sustainable development, prioritizing linkages, (4) adopt specific policies and measures to facilitate investment in the digital economy, accelerating productive transformation while building resilience, and (5) develop partnerships and industry-based coalitions to operationalize these efforts.

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COVID-19: Trade restrictions are worst possible response to safeguard food security

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Mapping potential implications of temporary COVID‐19 export bans for the food supply in importing countries using precrisis trade flows

Mapping potential implications of temporary COVID‐19 export bans for the food supply in importing countries using precrisis trade flows

Covid‐19 and Global Food Security

More and better investment now! How unlocking sustainable and digital investment flows can help achieve the SDGs

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