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| Jouanjean, Marie-Agnes; Le Vernoy, Alexandre. |
| There is a pending question regarding the impact of food safety standards promulgated by governments or imposed by buyers from the private sector. Their effects on the capacity for developing countries to access developed countries’ markets for high value agricultural and food products is a vivid research theme that up-till-now provided mixed results. While some advocates that food safety standards may hamper exporting abilities, others present evidence that they enable competitiveness and act as a pro-poor growth. This paper contributes to this debate. We offer an analysis on how the intensity of trade flows in fruits and vegetables in Central American countries, Dominican Republic and the U.S. respond to both the level of Sanitary and Phytosanitary... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: SPS – Agricultural Trade – Reputation – Alerts; International Relations/Trade; F13; O13; Q17. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92000 |
