Laborde Debucquet, David

Quantifying the cost and benefits of ending hunger and undernutrition: Examining the differences among alternative approaches

This brief examines estimates produced by several recent model simulations and frameworks that focus on the cost of ending hunger as well as progress ...

Agriculture, development, and the global trading system: 2000-2015: Synopsis

Although food security has long been recognized as a universal human right, 795 million people worldwide remain undernourished. International trade ca...

Modeling the impacts of agricultural support policies on emissions from agriculture

To understand the impacts of support programs on global emissions, this paper considers the impacts of domestic subsidies, price distortions at the bo...

The European Union–West Africa Economic Partnership Agreement

Despite recent modifications, the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Union (EU) and West African (WA) countries is still being ...

Catastrophic flood or inoffensive drizzle

Assessing the impact of countries using the existing water in export subsidies

This paper has traced the discussions about export subsidies in trade negotiations and highlighted the particular anomaly that while export subsidies ...

Documentation for the COVID-19 food trade policy tracker: Tracking government responses affecting global food markets during the COVID-19 crisis

In response to the COVID-19 crisis, some governments have implemented export restrictions and other trade policy measures to secure their food supply....

Trade tensions: Implications for Latin America and the Caribbean

To better understand the likely impacts for Latin America and the Caribbean of developments in global trade, we modeled a set of four scenarios to see...