The Rural Poverty Trap: Why agricultural trade rules need to change and what UNCTAD XI could do about it

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Author(s)
Lines, Thomas
Fanjul, Gonzalo
Fowler, Penny
Publication date
2004-06-11
Subject
Food and livelihoods
Trade
Keywords
Trade policy
World Trade Organisation
WTO
Agriculture

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Publisher(s)
Oxfam International
Document type
Briefing paper
Description
Many developing countries are stagnating or growing poorer, including their farmers, who comprise two-thirds of the world's poor. Many of the reasons for this lie in systems of agricultural trade, including the rules of the WTO, the unfair trade policies of rich countries, and falling prices on international commodity markets. Oxfam recommends policy reforms to overcome these difficulties. At the time of UNCTAD XI in Sao Paulo we also call for increased political support for UNCTAD's broad mandate to examine and find solutions to the problems of economic development.
Pages
22
ISBN
978-1-84814-672-3
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10546/115034
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https://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/the-rural-poverty-trap-why-agricultural-trade-rules-need-to-change-and-what-unc-115034
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