A major objective of this report is to provide a deeper, more policy relevant understanding of the welfare impacts of the coffee crisis - including the effects of the crisis on household income, consumption, poverty, as well as on basic human development outcomes, such as education and child...

Cover -- Half-title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures, Tables and Boxes -- List of Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Food: For Whose Table? -- 3 Water: Flowing in the Wrong Direction -- 4 Energy: Powerful Forces -- 5...

Belgium is associated with high-quality chocolate products and Belgian companies play an important role in cocoa processing. However, in historical perspective the global success and reputation of Belgian chocolate is a relatively recent phenomenon. Especially since the 1980s exports of "Belgian...

Trends in living standards during the Industrial Revolution is a core debate in economic history. Studies using anthropometric records from institutional sources have found downward trends in living standards during the first half of the nineteenth century. This paper contributes to this...