Project aim: to explore the pressures on the global food system between now and 2050 and identify the decisions that policy makers need to take today, and in the years ahead, to ensure that a global population rising to nine billion or more can be fed sustainably and equitably. More details

Continuing population and consumption growth will mean that the global demand for food will increase for at least another 40 years. Growing competition for land, water, and energy, in addition to the overexploitation of fisheries, will affect our ability to produce food, as will the urgent requirement to reduce the impact of the food system on the environment. More details

The global financial crisis and evolving recession in the developed countries and emerging economies will affect developing countries through two major channels: changes in international trade flows and world prices; and movements in global capital flows and foreign investment away from developing countries. More details

Technical Background Paper for the World Bank LAC Region Trade Report More details

Draft report for the World Bank (under review) More details

Issue 3.11, part of the latest issue of In Focus, called Concern for the Bottom Billion. More details