Policy Briefs
Shining India? Economic liberalization and rural poverty in the 1990s
Policy Brief | Anders Riel Muller and Raj Patel | Jan 5, 2004
In 1991, precipitated by high levels of debt, India officially committed to full-fledged neoliberal reforms when the Indian government signed World Bank and IMF loans.
Agricultural Trade Liberalization and Mexico
Policy Brief | Gisele Henriques and Raj Patel | Aug 5, 2003
Farming communities have made clear demands for an end to the agricultural provisions within NAFTA and withdrawal from the WTO Agreement on Agriculture.
Agricultural Restructuring and Concentration in the United States: Who wins, who loses?
Policy Brief | Raj Patel and Sanaz Memarsadeghi | Aug 1, 2003
The US government has created incentive structures that favor large scale farming operations; in these structures, small family farmers have been marginalized.
Agricultural Trade Liberalization and Brazil’s Rural Poor: Consolidating inequality
Policy Brief | Amanda Cassel and Raj Patel | Jan 8, 2003
Everything about Brazil is big – its area, its population, its economy, its inequality. The poorest Brazilians live in rural areas, working in and around agriculture.
Economic Human Rights Bus Tour, California, May 29-31, 2001
Policy Brief | Jeff Perlstein | Sep 1, 2001
The policies of the US government perpetuate growing income disparities, often in clear violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).
The Multiple Functions and Benefits of Small Farm Agriculture in the Context of Global Trade
Policy Brief | Peter Rosset | Sep 1, 1999
The ongoing process of trade liberalization has already had dramatically negative effects on small farmers everywhere.
The Potential of Agroecology to Combat Hunger in the Developing World
Policy Brief | Lori Ann Thrupp, Miguel Altieri and Peter Rosset | Jan 11, 1998
Agroecology is suitable for small farmers, has positive impacts on equity and is environmentally friendly.
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