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BRIEFS
May 18, 2015
Even as Congress was mandating large increases in the consumption of biofuels a decade ago, the world was changing. In the early 2000s, replacing fossil
fuels with biofuels made from corn, sugar, or oilseeds seemed like a good idea. Increased crop demand would prop up prices for farmers, and re...
Blog Post
January 07, 2011
This is a joint post with Vijaya Ramachandran.
The UN’s Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) recently reported that the December 2010 Food Price Index surpassed the peak reached in June 2008. A closer examination of the data, however, provides some modest hope that the worst effects of th...
January 16, 2010
By Kimberly Ann Elliott
A decade ago, the multilateral development banks (MDBs) were rightly subject to harsh criticism for ignoring the role of corruption in undermining growth and development. Since then, corruption and related issues of “institutional quality” have moved to the center of the ...