TY - BOOK TI - The State of food and agriculture 2005: agricultural trade and poverty : can trade work for the poor?. SN - 9251053499 (broés.) PY - 2005///. CY - Rome PB - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations KW - Agriculture KW - Developing countries KW - Food supply KW - Free trade KW - Poor KW - kmetijstvo KW - revésécina KW - statistika KW - drézave v razvoju N1 - Podnaslov na ovojnici: Agricultural trade and poverty : can trade work for the poor? N2 - Can trade work for the poor? Trade and trade liberalization affect the poor and food-insecure. Trade can be a catalyst for change, promoting conditions that enable the poor to raise their incomes and live longer, healthier and more productive lives. B ut because the poor often survive on a narrow margin, they are particularly vulnerable in any reform process, especially in the short run as productive sectors and labor markets adjust. Opening national agricultural markets to international competition - especially from subsidized competitors - before basic market institutions and infrastructure are in place can undermine the agriculture sector with long-term negative consequences for poverty and food security. Among the many important lessons from this analysis is the need for policy-makers to consider carefully how trade and complementary policies can be used to promote pro-poor growth. The report recommends a twin-track approach: investing in human capital, institutions and infrastructure to enable the poor to take advantage of trade-related opportunities, while establishing safety nets to protect vulnerable members of society UR - https://firstsearch.oclc.org/WebZ/DCARead?standardNoType=1&standardNo=9251053499:srcdbname=worldcat:fromExternal=true&sessionid=0 UR - https://firstsearch.oclc.org/WebZ/DCARead?standardNoType=1&standardNo=9251053499:srcdbname=worldcat:fromExternal=true&sessionid=0 UR - https://firstsearch.oclc.org/WebZ/DECRead?standardNoType=1&standardNo=9251053499&sessionid=0&srcdbname=worldcat&key=79ff1dde0277cb9b3b2f91b3f5eeb6ba16f71d2f5341d842577551d38132696e&ectype=M OREINFO UR - https://firstsearch.oclc.org/WebZ/DECRead?standardNoType=1&standardNo=9251053499&sessionid=0&srcdbname=worldcat&key=79ff1dde0277cb9b3b2f91b3f5eeb6ba16f71d2f5341d842577551d38132696e&ectype=M OREINFO ER -