The Oxford Handbook of Food, Politics, and Society 2014
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195397772.013.009
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Food Price and Trade Policy Biases

Abstract: This article demonstrates how governments have distorted food markets in high-income countries, primarily through ineffective trade policies. It begins by reviewing theories on agriculture’s perceived role in development. It then considers a recent World Bank study, which presents evidence of price-distorting policies in both high-income and developing countries. Next, it discusses the contribution of agriculture to the current global welfare cost of distortions to farm and nonfarm goods markets, and the impac… Show more

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