Transforming agriculture in Africa and Asia: What are the policy options? - an IISD/IFPRI multi-year initiative supported by PIM and other donors, launched its September 2019 edition. In 2018, the research team, which is led by Cluster 3.1 leader David Labord on IFPRI side, completed the first attempt at mapping the agricultural transformation path of 117 countries over a 45-year period, looking to understand which policies worked and why. The September 2019 update takes a deep dive into a select group of countries that have either transformed their agricultural sectors or have the potential to do so.
Juliana Muriel published a blog (in Spanish), entitled “Marañón y Empoderamiento de Mujeres en el Golfo de Fonseca” (“Cashews and Female Empowerment in the Gulf of Fonseca”) covering PIM related work around women’s empowerment in cashew value chains in Honduras.
Bouët, Antoine; and Métivier, Jeanne. 2019. Is the dispute settlement system, “jewel in the WTO’s crown”, beyond reach of developing countries? Review of World Economics. Article in Press. First published on September 5, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10290-019-00359-w
Aflagah, Fo Kodjo Dzinyefa; Bernard, Tanguy; and Viceisza, Angelino. 2019. Cheap talk and coordination in the lab and in the field: Collective commercialization in Senegal. NBER Working Paper No. 26045. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research. https://www.nber.org/papers/w26045
Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane; and Minten, Bart. 2019. The rising costs of nutritious foods: The case of Ethiopia. ESSP Working Paper 134. Washington, DC and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Policy Studies Institute. https://ebrary.ifpri.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15738coll2/id/133381
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). 2019. IFPRI monthly maize market report, August 2019. MaSSP Monthly Maize Market Report. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://ebrary.ifpri.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15738coll2/id/133422
Minten, Bart; Tamru, Seneshaw; and Reardon, Thomas. 2019. Post-harvest losses in rural-urban value chains: Evidence from Ethiopia. ESSP Working Paper 135. Washington, DC; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Policy Studies Institute. https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133411
Ochieng, Dennis O.; Botha, Rosemary; and Baulch, Bob. 2019. Structure, conduct and performance of maize markets in Malawi. MaSSP Working Paper 29. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133375
Ochieng, Dennis O.; Botha, Rosemary; and Baulch, Bob. 2019. Structure, conduct and performance of maize markets in Malawi: Synopsis. MaSSP Policy Note 35. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://ebrary.ifpri.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15738coll2/id/133383
Pace, Kathryn; Bouët, Antoine; and Glauber, Joseph W. 2019. Informal cross-border trade in Africa. MTID Project Note. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133423
Parkes, Ben; Higginbottom, Thomas P.; Hufken, Koen; Ceballos, Francisco; Kramer, Berber; and Foster, Timothy. 2019. Weather dataset choice introduces uncertainty to estimates of crop yield responses to climate variability and change. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1870. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133428
Smart, Jenny; Ghebru, Hosaena; and Mogues, Tewodaj. 2019. Access to markets for smallholder farmers in Alto Molócue and Molumbo, Mozambique: Midline survey report of the INOVAGRO II impact evaluation. project. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133379
Tamru, Seneshaw; Minten, Bart; and Swinnen, Johan F. M. 2019. Trade, value chains, and rent distribution with foreign exchange controls: Coffee exports in Ethiopia. ESSP Working Paper 136. Washington, DC; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Policy Studies Institute. https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133414
