This paper shows how a developing country, Lao PDR, imports high glutinous rice prices by exporting its staple food to … neighboring countries, Vietnam and Thailand. Lao PDR has extensive export controls on rice, generating a sizable difference … since they give rise to price spikes, keep the long-term price of glutinous rice low, and thereby hinder increases in income …

estimates of agricultural distortions to assess its contribution to the price spikes in 1972-74 and 2006-08 for rice and wheat …. The analysis suggests that 45 percent of the increase in rice prices in 2006-08, and 30 percent of the increase in wheat …-insulating behavior by the industrial countries. This provides little stabilizing benefit in the rice market because countries not …

impact on agricultural production decisions remains limited. Data from 1,200 Ghanaian rice farmers suggest that noncognitive …, and technical efficiency in rice production, and that the size of the estimated impacts exceeds that of traditional human …

and shortest path to meet rising food needs. Using examples from farmers' maize and rice fields, and comparisons with Asia …

. Three projects are considered - in India, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam. The results are still tentative in terms of both …