Trade Policy Plus

Books and monographs

• WTO Negotiations on Agriculture: an out-of-the Boxes Approach to Reform Trade-Distorting Domestic Support, CUTS International, March 2020.
• Arab Horizon 2030: Prospects for Enhancing Food Security in the Arab Region, Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, 2017.
• Food Security in the East African Community: Impact of Regional Integration under Customs Union and Common Market Policies, European Commission and East African Community, August 2015.
• WTO domestic support disciplines: options for alleviating constraints to stockholding in developing countries in the follow-up to Bali, FAO Commodity and Trade Policy Working Paper no. 45, Rome, 2014.
• Trade Policy Responses to Food Price Volatility in Poor Net Food-Importing Countries, ICTSD Issue Paper No. 42, Geneva, June 2012.
• Market development study for ECOWAS cereal sectors: The role of trade in the context of the region’s effort to attain food security, ITC/European Development Fund/ACP Group of States, Geneva, December 2010.
• Promoting agricultural inputs under the Food Aid Convention (FAC) to increase food production in emergency prone developing countries, FAO, June 2010.
• Assessing Sudan’s Export Diversification Potential in Agricultural Products, European Commission and Sudan Ministry of Foreign Trade, October 2009. 
• The Uruguay Round and Agriculture in Southern Africa: Implications and police responses (Editor together with J. Lindland and R. Pearce), FAO, Rome 1997.
• Implications of the Uruguay Round for Developing Countries, Special Issue of  Food Policy , Vol. 21, No. 4/5, Sept/Nov 1996 (Editor of the complete volume together with Jim Greenfield).
• Effects of Stabilization and Structural Adjustment Programmes on Food Security, FAO Economic and Social Development Monograph No. 89, Rome, 1989.
• Agricultural Policies, Protectionism and Trade, FAO Economic and Social Development Monograph No. 75, Rome, 1988.
• Dynamique du troupeau de bovins: un modèle entier et stochastique pour l’évaluation des options de production, Centre International pour l’Elevage en Afrique, Rapport de recherche No. 2, Addis Ababa, Septembre 1983.
• Assessing Food Aid Requirements, FAO Economic and Social Development Monograph No. 39, Rome, 1983.
• Dynamique du troupeau de bovins : un modèle entier et stochastique pour l'évaluation des options de production, Centre International pour l'Élevage en Afrique, rapport de recherche, no. 2, 1983.
• Economic Trade‑offs Between Milk and Beef Production under Various Supplementation Levels in Botswana, Research Report No.10, International Livestock Centre for Africa, Addis Ababa, September 1983.
• Cattle Herd Dynamics: an Integer and Stochastic Model for Evaluating Production Alternatives, International Livestock Centre for Africa, Research Report No. 2, Addis Ababa, June 1982.
• Food Security: an Insurance Approach, Research Report No. 4, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, D.C. September 1978.
• An Econometric Analysis of U.S. Grain Exports with Policy Implications of Price Stabilization, Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, June 1976.
• Semantics of FORTRAN variables and program mnemonicization, M.S. Thesis, University of California, 1972.

Chapters in Books

• Safeguarding Food Security in Volatile Global Markets - Global governance: international policy considerations, FAO 2011.
• WTO negotiations on agriculture and the stake of food-insecure developing countries, in The evolving structure of world agricultural trade: Implications for trade policy and trade agreements, FAO 2009.
• WTO negotiations on agriculture: a compromise on food aid is possible, in WTO rules for agriculture compatible with development, FAO 2007.
• SIDS and Multilateral Trade Liberalization in Agriculture, in Turning Losses into Gains, UNCTAD, Geneva, July 2003.
• Trade and Food Security: Options for Developing Countries, MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS ON AGRICULTURE: A RESOURCE MANUAL, FAO 2000.
• Net Food-Importing Developing Countries: Role and Perspectives, in Negotiating the Future of Agricultural Policies, S. Bilal and P. Pezaros (eds.), Kluwer Law International, The Hague, 2000.
• The Uruguay Round, the Marrakesh Decision and the Role of Food Aid, in Food Aid and Human Security, E. Clay and O. Stokke (eds.), Frank Cass, London, 2000.
• Next Round of Negotiations in Agriculture with Special Reference to the Dairy Sector, in Bulletin of the International Dairy Federation, No. 343, 1999.
• The Negotiating Framework for WTO II with Special Reference to the Dairy Sector, in Bulletin of the International Dairy Federation, No. 341, 1999.
• Uruguay Round Commitments on Domestic Support and Export Subsidies: Their Implications for Developing Countries, in Implementing the Uruguay Round Agreement in Latin America: The Case of Agriculture, FAO/World Bank, Santiago, Chile, 1997.
• A Synthesis of Results on the Impact of the Uruguay Round on the Global and Latin American Agriculture, in Implementing the Uruguay Round Agreement in Latin America: The Case of Agriculture, FAO/World Bank, Santiago, Chile, 1997.
• The Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture: Implications for Food Security in the Asia and Pacific Region, in Benefits and Challenges facing Asia-Pacific Countries in the Post-Uruguay Round Period, ESCAP, 1995.
• An Additional Resource? A Global Perspective on Food Aid Flows in Relation to Development Assistance, in Food Aid Reconsidered: Implications for Developing Countries, E. Clay and O. Stokke (eds.), Frank Cass, London, 1991.
• Some Implications of Trade Liberalization in Cereals for Low Income Food Deficit Countries, in Agricultural Trade Liberalization: Implications for Developing Countries, I. Goldin and O. Knudsen (eds.), OECD/World Bank, Paris 1990.
• Responsiveness of Food Aid in Cereals to Fluctuations in Supply in Donor and Recipient Countries, in Agriculture and Economic Instability, M. Bellamy and B. Greenshields (eds.), Gower, 1987.
• The Use of an Integer and Stochastic Model to Estimate the Productivity of Pastoral Production Systems in West Africa, in Proceedings of the National Conference on Beef Production, Nigeria, July 1982.
• Economic Trade‑offs between Milk and Beef Production under Various Supplementation Levels in Botswana, in Applied Modeling and Simulation, Proceedings of First International Conference, September 1981.
• Assessing Food Insecurity Based on National Aggregates in Developing Countries, in Food Security for Developing Countries,  A. Valdes (ed.), Westview Press, 1980.

Articles in refereed Journals

• The impact of the WTO agricultural negotiating modalities on Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries, AGREKON, 43, no. 3, (2004): 276-296
• Tailler dans le gras? Allons-y!  Tribune de Genève, Dialogue, 31 mars 2004. 
• A compromise formula for tariff cuts in agriculture, Food Policy, Vol. 28, No. 1, February 2003.
• Policy Options for Developing Countries to Support Food Security in the Post-Uruguay Round Period, Canadian journal of development studies: 19, 1998.
• An overview of assessments of the impact of the Uruguay Round on agricultural prices and incomes,  Food Policy , Vol. 21, No. 4/5, September/November 1996.
• The Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture: food security implications for developing countries, Food Policy, Vol. 21, No. 4/5, September/November 1996.
• Uruguay Round commitments on domestic support: their implications for developing countries, Food Policy, Vol. 21, No. 4/5, September/November 1996.
• An overview of the issues, Food Policy , Vol. 21, No. 4/5, September/November 1996.
• Assessing the components of prospective food aid requirements, Food Policy, Vol. 11, No.1, February 1986.
• Cost analysis of a food insurance scheme for developing countries, Food Policy, Vol. 4, No. 1, February 1979.
• Welfare Implications of Grain Price Stabilization: Some Empirical Evidence for the United States, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 60, No. 1, February 1978.
• Analysis of Trade Flows in the International Wheat Market, Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 26, No. 3, June 1978.
• Estimation of Export Demand Functions for U.S. Wheat, Western Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol.3, July 1978.
• Constant‑Market‑Share Analysis of U.S. Grain Export Growth, Journal of Economics, Vol. III, 1977.
• Interaction of Energy and Food Prices in Less Developed Countries, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 58, No. 3, August 1976.

Papers presented to meetings (partial)

• Special Safeguard (SSG) of the Agreement on Agriculture – what has been the experience? Agricultural Safeguards: “Make-or-Break” Issues in the Doha negotiations?  Flash Meeting, Agency for International Trade Information and Cooperation (AITIC), October 22, 2008.
• Agricultural policies and obesity in the international context,  16th European Congress on Obesity 2008, Workshop on Financial Incentives, Swiss NGO-Alliance Nutrition and Physical Activity, Geneva, May 16, 2008.
• Soaring world food prices: causes and some important trade policy responses, UNCTAD XII, Round Table 3: The Changing Face of Commodities in the Twenty-first Century,Accra, Ghana, 23 April, 2008.
• Global Biofuel Production Trends and Possible Implications for Swaziland, Swazi National Sugar Conference 2007, Mbabane, Swaziland, 25 July 2007.
• Some issues in enhancing small-scale producers in developing countries to meet challenges in global and domestic food markets, UNCTAD Expert Meeting on Enabling Small Commodity Producers and Processors in Developing Countries to Reach Global Markets, 11–13 December, 2006.
• Multilateral mechanisms governing food aid and approaches to reform in the context of the new WTO disciplines on agriculture, Parallel Event, Hong Kong WTO Ministerial Conference, December 16, 2005.
• Commodity trade profiles of developing countries and implications for the WTO negotiations on agriculture, Seminar on Commodities and Development, South Centre Parallel Event, Hong Kong WTO Ministerial Conference, December 12, 2005.
• Tariff Negotiations in Agriculture: Seeking a Compromise, presentation to Conference on Breaking the Deadlock on Agricultural Reform and Development, University College, Oxford, 8-9 June 2004.
• Incorporating constrained flexibility in tariff reductions: a dynamic formula, FAO informal expert consultation on cutting-tariff formulae, Geneva 12-13 July 2004.
• Implementing the Sensitive Products Provision on the Basis of an Additional Pro-Rated TRQ Commitment for Non-Compliance with the General Tariff Cut Formula, FAO Geneva, November 2004.
• The state of play in the negotiations on agriculture: implications and way forward, presentation to conference on Enhancing the Benefits for SADC Countries in the Doha Round, organized by the Southern Africa Trade Research Network (SATRN), Maputo, Mozambique, 20-22 November 2003.
• The Architecture of the Agreement on Agriculture and How to Take into Account Developing Country Concerns, International Conference on China’s WTO Membership and Rural Livelihoods, Beijing, China, 21-23 September 2002.
• Implementation of the Agreement on Agriculture so far and implications for the on-going WTO negotiations on agriculture, paper presented to the conference on WTO Negotiations on the Agreement on Agriculture from a Developmental Viewpoint – Current Status and Prospects, Germanwatch in cooperation with the German Corporation of Technical Cooperation, Berlin, 30 January 2002.
• WTO Negotiations on Agriculture: an Opportunity to Correct Past Imbalances, International Conference on Trade, Poverty and Development,Università Luigi Bocconi, Milano, 22 October 2001.
• WTO Negotiations on Agriculture: Possible Implications for Sugar Exporting ACP Countries, Paper presented to the Swaziland National Sugar Conference, Swaziland Sugar Association, Mbabane, Swaziland, 2 May 2001.
• Interests of Developing countries in WTO Negotiations on Agriculture, Meeting organized by the Commonwealth Secretariat, London, 7 September 2000.
• The Negotiating Framework for WTO II with Special Reference to the Dairy Sector, 83^rd International Dairy Federation Annual Conference, Athens, 14-18 September 1999.
• The agreement on agriculture : some preliminary assessment from the experience so far, Conference sponsored by CIIR/UK Food Group Westminster Hall, London, 28 January 1999.
• Some Issues that May Arise in the Continuation of the Reform Process in Agriculture, Round table on Follow up to the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture, New Delhi, India, 18-19 January 1999.
• The Continuation of the Reform Process in Agriculture: Developing Countries Perspectives, Seminar on Latin America and the Caribbean in Face of the Furthering Process of Multilateral Agricultural Reforms, sponsored by FAO/IICA/World Bank, Santiago, Chile, 23-24 November 1998.
• The Uruguay Round, the Marrakesh Decision and the Role of Food Aid, paper presented to the Workshop on Food and Human Security: the Role of Food Aid and Finance for Food, Lysebu, Oslo, 26-29 April 1998.
• Policy options for developing countries to support food security in the post-Uruguay Round period, Seminar on Markets and Institutions for Food Security, Brussels, 10-12 December 1997.
• The Food Situation in the Least Developed and Net Food Importing Developing Countries, paper presented to the WTO Committee on Agriculture, Geneva, November 1997.
• Food Aid and the Implementation of the Marrakesh Decision, paper presented to the 75th Session of the Food Aid Committee, London, May 1997.
• Prospects for Food Security after the Uruguay Round, Seminar on Food security after GATT - Recipe for disaster? Catholic Institute for International Relations (CIIR), PRIVATE London, 16 May 1996.
• The Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture: Its Implications for the Caribbean Region, paper prepared for the 31st Annual Conference of the Caribbean Food Crops Society, July 1995.
• The Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture: Food Security Implications for Developing Countries, paper presented to an UNCTAD Meeting of Experts on the Impact of the Uruguay Round on Developing Countries, May 1995.
• Decision on Measures Concerning the Possible Negative Effects of the Reform Programme on LDCs and NFIDCs: Some Issues of Interpretation and Implementation of the Decision, paper presented to an UNCTAD Meeting of Experts on the Impact of the Uruguay Round on Developing Countries, May 1995.
• Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture: Implications for Developing Country Policies, paper presented to the 1994 Annual Meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, August 1994.
• Prospects for Food Aid and its Role in the 1990s, FAO Committee on World Food Security, 16th Session, March 1991.
• Impact on World Food Security of Agricultural Policies in Industrialized Countries, FAO Committee on World Food Security, 12th Session, April 1987.
• Administrative Procedures and Timing of the Response of Donors to Food Emergencies, FAO Committee on World Food Security, 12th Session, April 1987.
• Prepositioning Food Stocks to Expedite Delivery of Emergency Food Aid, FAO Committee on World Food Security, 11th Session, April 1986.

Most recent

WTO Negotiations on Agriculture: an out-of-the Boxes Approach to Reform Trade-Distorting Domestic Support, CUTS International, March 2020. 

Arab Horizon 2030: Prospects for Enhancing Food Security in the Arab Region, Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, 2017.

Food Security in the East African Community: Impact of Regional Integration under Customs Union and Common Market Policies, European Commission and East African Community, August 2015.

WTO domestic support disciplines: options for alleviating constraints to stockholding in developing countries in the follow-up to Bali, FAO Commodity and Trade Policy Working Paper no. 45, Rome, 2014.

Trade Policy Responses to Food Price Volatility in Poor Net Food-Importing Countries, ICTSD Issue Paper No. 42, Geneva, June 2012.

Safeguarding Food Security in Volatile Global Markets - Global governance: international policy considerations, FAO, Rome 2011.

Promoting Agricultural Inputs under the Food Aid Convention (FAC) to Increase Food Production in Emergency Prone Countries, study undertaken on behalf of FAO, June 2010.

Assessing Sudan’s Export Diversification Potential in Agricultural Products, European Commission and Sudan Ministry of Foreign Trade, October 2009.