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Technical Barriers to Trade: Evaluating the Trade Effects of Supplier's Declaration of Conformity

13-Oct-2008

This study explains expected trade-facilitating benefits and other characteristics of the use of Supplier’s Declaration of Conformity (SDOC) as a conformity assessment procedure and assesses the trade effect of the EU’s adoption of SDOC in three product sectors.

A Review of Methods for Quantifying the Trade Effects of Standards in the Agri-Food Sector

02-Oct-2008

Successive rounds of global trade liberalisation have substantially reduced tariff barriers to trade, but non-tariff measures (NTMs) have become increasingly prevalent. This paper investigates different methods used to measure the impact of one type of NTM on trade in the agri-food sector.

Harnessing the political economy in support of an open multilateral trading system

30-Sep-2008

The benefits of an open multilateral trading system are increasingly being questioned. Despite strong growth in international trade and investment, multilateral liberalisation faces considerable challenges and is becoming ever more elusive.

Policy Dialogue on Aid for Trade, 3-4 November 2008

19-Sep-2008

The OECD with the support of the European Commission and the German Marshall Fund of the United States organized a Policy Dialogue on Aid for Trade during 3-4 November 2008 in the OECD Conference Centre. This two-day event brought together policy makers, development practitioners and academics to discuss ways for these stakeholders to help developing countries to build trade capacity and address supply-side constraints in order to realize the full benefits of integration in the world economy.

Major Challenges for Fishery Policy Reform: A Political Economy Perspective

12-Sep-2008

This paper discusses the present challenges of fisheries by utilising political economy as an analytic tool to examine some of the potential threats to successful fisheries governance and management.

Agricultural Progress in Cameroon, Ghana and Mali: Why it Happened and How to Sustain it

23-Jul-2008

This report evaluates  long-term trends in food production and rural poverty in Cameroon, Ghana and Mali highlighting dramatic improvements that began in the late 1980s and early 1990s and that have continued through to present days. The analysis considers the possible role of domestic and international agricultural policies in contributing to the turnaround, draws some tentative conclusions about cause and effect and suggests ways in which agricultural growth might be sustained.

Farm policy reform urgent amid rising world food prices - OECD report

26-Jun-2008

The rise in global food prices has made further reform of market-distorting farm policies all the more urgent, says Agricultural Policies in OECD Countries: At a Glance. Current policies are limiting the ability of farmers to respond to market signals, to become more competitive and innovative, and thus contribute to improving the global food situation.

Aid, development and policy reforms needed to lessen impact of high food prices

16-Jun-2008

What has caused the recent sharp rises in world food prices? Why are they unlikely to fall back to the levels we have been used to for the past 10 years? What will be the impact on the poor? The questions are discussed in a policy paper presented to ministers from OECD countries on June 5 2008.  

Environmental performance of agriculture in OECD countries since 1990

16-Jun-2008

This is the fourth volume of the OECD series Environmental Indicators  for Agriculture.




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