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ATDF JOURNAL VOLUME 5, ISSUE 1/2 OCT 2008 19 November 2008
The ATDF Journal Volume 5 Issues 1/2 brings out some of the key policy implications, the causes and possible solutions to the world food crisis with a special focus on Africa. It explores the trends in investment and aid to agriculture in Africa, trade policy successes and failures and case studies of national agricultural strategies in a number of countries including Philippines and New Zealand. This issues draws on the extensive research and experience of international institutions, policy makers and researchers in agriculture to highlight some of the challenges that Africa faces and ways to overcome them. We hope you find this useful.Inside this issue Beyond the Food Crisis: Trade, Aid and Innovation in African Agriculture William A. Masters The Global Food Crisis: A Toolkit for Audacious Leaders Arvind Subramanian A New Approach to Deal with the Global Food Crisis Promoting Commercial Agriculture in Africa Federico Bonaglia, Patrizia Labella and Jane Marshal What trade policy framework to address food insecurity? Jonathan Hepburn and Constantine Bartel Investing in Agriculture to overcome the World food crisis and reduce poverty and hunger Shenggen Fan and Mark W. Rosegrant The Tragedy of African Agriculture: Trade liberalization and agricultural export performance Samuel Gayi The Food Versus Fuel Issue: Case of the Philippines Liborio S. Cabanilla and U-Primo E. Rodriguez ATDF Entreprenuership and business support activities Promoting Women Entrepreneurship Interested in partnering or supporting a plastic foaming and recycling plant together with ATDF in Africa? [ ] Soon to be launched: ATDF-ZDA Incubators Business matching service For more information on any of these activities, contact: email: Kondev@atdforum.org or buzi@atdforum.org NEXT ISSUE: Call for papers Intra-firm trade makes up about one third of global trade. In certain industries, the share is significantly higher. Intra-firm trade is not just a means to optimize taxation but also serves multinationals to minimize knowledge spillovers. In this context, intra-firm trade often serves as an isolating mechanism that is more effective than the mere legal protection of intellectual property. Yet, the knowledge accumulated by multinationals would be very valuable to strengthen the competitiveness of the local private sector in LDCs. The next issue of ATDF Journal wants to know: * What does it mean if an increasing share of world trade takes place within firms? * What kind of incentives are necessary to induce multinationals to collaborate more with the local private sector and local universities in LDCs; * What kind of domestic policies in LDCs are feasible and legal (from a WTO point of view) to better embed multinational companies in the local economies? * Do best practices already exist, and how did they happen? |
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