LibGuides: AFRE 206: World Food, Population &amp; Poverty: Readings

Assigned Readings - I. DEMAND

AUGUST

L1- Tuesday August 29, 2023: Introduction and overview of the course

The World Is Headed for a Food Security Crisis. Here's How We Can Avert It.
Hincks, Joseph. Time. March 28, 2018, 1.
Field day [As food prices soar, big agriculture is having a field day]
The Economist, vol. 440, no. 9256, Jul 31, 2021, pp. 50-52.
Bloomberg. 2019. How to feed 10 billion people.
Video
Global agriculture towards 2050. How to feed the world.
FAO. 2009.

L2- Thursday August 31, 2023: The World Food Problem and Why We Care

The world food situation: New driving forces and required actions
IFPRI Food Policy Report by Joachim Von Braun
A meaty planet [Global meat-eating is on the rise, bringing surprising benefits]
The Economist 431, no. 9141 (May 04, 2019): 57-59.
War in Ukraine drives global food crisis. Report.
World Food Programme. 2022.
UN report: Pandemic year marked by spike in world hunger
United Nations (2021).

L3- Tuesday September 5, 2023: Conceptual framework and key concepts - Development

Norton, Alwang, and Masters - Economics of Agricultural Development World Food Systems and Resource Use
Chapter 1
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Economics of Agricultural Development
World Food Systems and Resource Use
By George W. Norton, Jeffrey Alwang, William A. Masters
Economic Growth for All
07 AUG 2019
Fadekemi Abiru. Stears Business.
The long-term impact of COVID-19 on poverty
15 October 2020. UN/DESA Policy Brief #86
The Millennium Development Goals Report, 2015
United Nations. pdf is 75 pages.

L4- Thursday September 7, 2023: Conceptual framework and key concepts – Poverty

The Economic Lives of the Poor.
Banerjee, Abhijit, V., and Esther Duflo. 2007. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 21 (1): 141-168.
DOI: 10.1257/jep.21.1.141
Why the war on poverty is about to get harder: The Economist explains
"Why the War on Poverty is about to Get Harder: The Economist Explains." The Economist (Online) (May 03, 2017)
GLOBAL ISSUES - Ending Poverty
United Nation 2020

L5- Tuesday September 12, 2023: Conceptual framework and key concepts - Poverty continued and globalization

Norton, Alwang, and Masters - Economics of Agricultural Development World Food Systems and Resource Use
Chapter 2
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Economics of Agricultural Development
World Food Systems and Resource Use
By George W. Norton, Jeffrey Alwang, William A. Masters
Why is there still poverty in America? | The Economist
Video
Goodbye globalisation: The dangerous lure of self-sufficiency
Anonymous. The Economist; London Vol. 435, Iss. 9194, (May 16, 2020): 7.
Will coronavirus reverse globalization?
You do not need to register to read the article.
Bloom, J. 2020. BBC News. April 1.
Could services drive globalization in the post-COVID-19 world?
Lashitew A., and Erumban A. 2020.
Brookings Institute.

L6- Thursday September 14, 2023: Economics of food demand

Norton, Alwang, and Masters - Economics of Agricultural Development World Food Systems and Resource Use
Chapter 3
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Economics of Agricultural Development
World Food Systems and Resource Use
By George W. Norton, Jeffrey Alwang, William A. Masters
The world food economy / Douglas Southgate, Douglas H. Graham, and Luther Tweeten.
Chapter 2
Note: on digital reserves; only accessible during open library hours.

L7- Tuesday September 19, 2023: Population growth trends: demographic transition model and trends

Norton, Alwang, and Masters - Economics of Agricultural Development World Food Systems and Resource Use
Chapter 4
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Economics of Agricultural Development
World Food Systems and Resource Use
By George W. Norton, Jeffrey Alwang, William A. Masters
What Happens When the World's Population Stops Growing?
Joe Pinsker. Atlantic Online. July 31, 2019 Wednesday.
Population explosion; Birth control in Niger
The Economist 412, no. 8900 (Aug 16, 2014): 39.
Mapping global population and the future of the world.
Video
Jul 26, 2018, The Economist
World Population Prospects 2022.
United Nations. Department of Economic and Social Affairs. 2022.

L8- Thursday September 21, 2023: Gender, agriculture, and food security

Breaking the 'Grass Ceiling’ Empowering Women Farmers
World Bank. 2018.
USAID. Fact Sheet- Food Security and Gender.
Empowering female farmers to feed the world
By Maryellen Kennedy Duckett. 2019
COVID-19: A pivotal moment to support women farmers
Decker, A., Van de Velde, P., and Montalvao, J. 2020. World Bank Blogs.

L9- Tuesday September 26, 2023: Food security and food waste

Examining food loss and food waste in the United States
Kathryn A. Boys and Bradley J. Rickard. 2019. Choices. Quarter 1.
Food waste reduction could help feed world's starving
By Caroline Hepker
BBC World Business Report
Published 3 July 2014
Food Waste Index Report 2021
United Nations Environment Programme.

Assigned Readings - II. SUPPLY

L11- Tuesday October 3, 2023: Economics of food supply

The world food economy / Douglas Southgate, Douglas H. Graham, and Luther Tweeten.
Chapter 3
Note: on digital reserves; only accessible during open library hours.
Green Revolution: Blessing or Curse?
IFPRI ISSUE BRIEF
This brief is a slightly altered version of an article by Peter B.R. Hazell that will appear in J. Mokyr, ed.,The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History (Oxford University Press)
The man who helped feed the world
By Tim Harford
12 June 2019, BBC News Services
This Chemical Is in Short Supply, and the Whole World Feels It.
Zhong, R. New York Times. December 19, 2021.

L12- Thursday October 5, 2023: Aligning food demand with supply

The world food economy / Douglas Southgate, Douglas H. Graham, and Luther Tweeten.
Chapter 3
Note: on digital reserves; only accessible during open library hours.

L13- Tuesday October 10, 2023:Structural Transformation and Economic Growth

Norton, Alwang, and Masters - Economics of Agricultural Development World Food Systems and Resource Use
Chapter 5
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Economics of Agricultural Development
World Food Systems and Resource Use
By George W. Norton, Jeffrey Alwang, William A. Masters
Africa’s Structural Transformation Challenge
By Dain Rodrik
Dec 12, 2013. Project Syndicate
Entrepreneurship for Structural Transformation in LDCs Is Possible
By Paul Akiwumi
IDN-InDepthNews – 29 July 2019
Always something new; Free exchange [Why Africa’s development model puzzles economists]
The Economist; London Vol. 424, Iss. 9054, (Aug 19, 2017): 66. Global Business Review; London (Sep 18, 2017).

L14- Thursday October 12, 2023: Agricultural Production and the Environment

Norton, Alwang, and Masters - Economics of Agricultural Development World Food Systems and Resource Use
Chapter 9
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Economics of Agricultural Development
World Food Systems and Resource Use
By George W. Norton, Jeffrey Alwang, William A. Masters
How climate change is killing coffee.
Feb 14, 2019. Knowledge@Wharton, University of Pennsylvania.
Ethiopia's Coffee Farmers Are 'On The Front Lines Of Climate Change'
June 19, 2017
COURTNEY COLUMBUS
NPR
As climate change gathers pace, is livestock a problem or solution?
AUGUST 23, 2017
By Busani Bafana, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Family farmers struggle to keep up with fast-warming world.
Win, T.L. Reuters. November 17, 2020.
The Everyday Ingredient that Harms the Climate
Coca, N. 2021. BBC News. October 28, 2021

L15- Tuesday October 17, 2023: Shocks and Stressors - Climate Change: Impacts and Adaptation Strategies

After Devastating Cyclone, Fiji Farmers Plant For A Changed Climate
SONIA NARANG.
2018. Jan 9.
NPR/The Salt
Four Michigan climate trends to keep watching in 2019
By KAYE LAFOND
JAN 3, 2019, Michigan Radio
The Refugees The World Barely Pays Attention To
June 20, 2018
Tim McDonnell
Goats and Soda Newsletter / NPR
How Helpful is the Term Climate Refugee?
Goodfellow, M. The Guardian. August 31, 2021
Climate Change Will Mean More Expensive Grocery Bills For Everyone, According to New IPCC Report.
Baker, Aryn. Time Magazine, 2022.
8 key messages about climate risks to agrifood systems from the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report
Last Updated: 26 May 2022

L16- Thursday October 19, 2023: Shocks and Stressors - Armed Conflicts

Food security and conflict: Empirical challenges and future opportunities for research and policy making on food security and conflict
Charles Martin-Shields and Wolfgang Stojetz. World Development, Volume 119, July 2019, Pages 150-164
The state of food security and nutrition in the world 2017: Building resilience for peace and food security
FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP & WHO. 2017

Assigned Readings - III. FOOD POLICY, AID AND TRADE

L17- Thursday October 26, 2023: Introduction to Public Policy and Agriculture

Norton, Alwang, and Masters - Economics of Agricultural Development World Food Systems and Resource Use
Chapter 18
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Economics of Agricultural Development
World Food Systems and Resource Use
By George W. Norton, Jeffrey Alwang, William A. Masters
Macroeconomics during the great lockdown: a discussion of recent coronavirus research.
Jaef, R.N.F., and Kondylis, F., and Loeser, J. APRIL 29, 2020.World Bank Blogs.
Five year after devaluation, China has the Yuan it wanted.
Tian Chen, and Qizi Sun. Bloomberg News August 10, 2020
Access via LiveMint.

L18- Tuesday October 31, 2023: Introduction to AID

U.S. Mulls Controversial Foreign Aid Shake-up
Jason Beaubien. June 17, 2020.
Goats and Soda, NPR
Africa is attracting ever more interest from powers elsewhere [Choices on the continent]
The Economist. March 9, 2019, Vol. 430 Issue 9133, p19.
The Marshall Plan turns 70 this week. Here are four reasons it was so important
Kelly M. McFarland. June 5, 2017. The Washington Post.
Enduring lessons of the Marshall Plan:
Kirkham, David. The Christian Science Monitor; 05 June 2007: 9.
Should America Keep Giving Billions Of Dollars To Countries In Need?
MALAKA GHARIB. May 18, 2017
Goats and Soda, NPR
For rich, foreign aid is a tool of persuasion ; A study finds countries like the US and Japan reward nations that support them at the UN with generous 'aid'
David R. Francis
The Christian Science Monitor; 26 June 2003: 14.
Foreign aid is in everyone's interest
By: Sachs, Jeffrey D., Christian Science Monitor, 08827729, 5/10/2006, Vol. 98, Issue 115
How new donor countries are reshaping the development aid landscape.
Hurley. Dec 6. 2016. Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute.
Handmaiden to Africa's generals
de Waal, Alex; Mohammed, Abdul.
International New York Times; Paris [Paris]. 16 Aug 2014: 7.
Aid in reverse: how poor countries develop rich countries
Jason Hickel, The Guardian, 14 January 2017.

L20- Tuesday November 7, 2023: National policies to address food security (SAPs)

Norton, Alwang, and Masters - Economics of Agricultural Development World Food Systems and Resource Use
Chapter 15
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Economics of Agricultural Development
World Food Systems and Resource Use
By George W. Norton, Jeffrey Alwang, William A. Masters
Structural Adjustment Programmes Worked in Africa.
By Lambert Mbom. 7 MAY 2013. Think Africa Press.
Structural Adjustment Policies and Africa – A Reply to Shantayanan Devarajan
Carlos Lopes, 25 November 2013.
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
This Is How Structural Adjustment Policies Worked in Africa - a Rejoinder to Carlos Lopes
By Shantayanan Devarajan
29 NOVEMBER 2013, Think Africa Press
Did the IMF actually ease up on structural adjustment? Here’s what the data say.
By Alexander Kentikelenis, Thomas Stubbs and Lawrence King
June 2, 2016. Washington Post.

L21- Thursday November 9, 2023: National policies to address food security (taxes and subsidies)

Onion price rise due to fall in output, govt taking steps: Ram Vilas Paswan
Press Trust of India, New Delhi. November 6, 2019
Why Nigeria has restricted food imports.
By Kunle Falayi. 17 August 2019. BBC News
Farm subsidies, Bitter harvest-A drive for self-sufficiency in food comes at a growing cost.
Anonymous. The Economist; London Vol. 415, Iss. 8938, (May 16, 2015): 39-40.
The Insanity of Our Food Policy
Joseph E. Stiglitz, Nov 16, 2013. New York Times
Food Subsidies in Egypt: a help or hindrance?
JUNE 24, 2013
World economy: Feeding expectations [“The economics of food subsidies-Feeding expectations” Why food vouchers are a policy worth considering in developing countries]
Feb 22, 2014. The Economist

L22- Tuesday November 14, 2023: National policies to address food security (taxes and subsidies)

China's Road Map to Food Security
14 NOVEMBER 2018
Feeding a Billion: Agriculture and Food Security in India
Interview with Suresh Babu. The National Bureau of Asian Research. February 26, 2014

L23- Thursday November 16, 2023: Political economy of agricultural production

Norton, Alwang, and Masters - Economics of Agricultural Development World Food Systems and Resource Use
Chapter 17
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Economics of Agricultural Development
World Food Systems and Resource Use
By George W. Norton, Jeffrey Alwang, William A. Masters
The WTO just ruled against China's agricultural subsidies. Will this translate to a big U.S. win?
Hopewell, Kristen. The Washington Post (Online), Washington, D.C. 4 Mar. 2019
Why reforms fail: Political-economy forces and agriculture in Africa
Ataman Aksoy, Bernard Hoekman 15 May 2013. VoxEU.org – CEPR’s policy portal
Why farming subsidies still distort advantages and cause food insecurity
Jayati Ghosh, November 27, 2013. Guardian.com.

Assigned Readings - Post Break

L25- Tuesday November 28, 2023- Resilience concept and measurement

Notes and readings will be provided later.

L26- Thursday November 30, 2023- Data revolution and agriculture

Big Data for Development: Challenges & Opportunities
May 2012
UN Global Pulse
Using Remote Sensing and Geospatial Information for Sustainable Development.
Linda See, Steffen Fritz, Inian Moorthy, Olha Danylo, Michiel van Dijk and Barbara Ryan. Using Remote Sensing and Geospatial Information for Sustainable Development. In From Summits to Solutions: Innovations in implementing the sustainable Development goals, edited by Raj M Desai, Hiroshi Kato, Homi Kharas, John W. Mcarthur.
Using big data and artificial intelligence to accelerate global development
Jennifer L. Cohen and Homi Kharas. 2018. Brookings Institution.

L27- Tuesday December 5, 2023- Data revolution and agriculture-continued

Applied Economics with R / Hans H. Sievertsen
R: R for Economics
Resources for learning and using the R programming language.

Textbook - full text, online

Economics of Agricultural Development: world food systems and resource use. 3rd ed. by George W. Norton; Jeffrey Alwang; William A. Masters
Call Number: HD1415 .N67 2015 Online
ISBN: 9780415658232
Publication Date: 2014-09-05
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AFRE 206: World Food, Population & Poverty: Readings

Changes are here!

Assigned Readings - I. DEMAND

Assigned Readings - II. SUPPLY

Assigned Readings - III. FOOD POLICY, AID AND TRADE

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AFRE 206: World Food, Population & Poverty: Readings

Changes are here!

Assigned Readings - I. DEMAND

Assigned Readings - II. SUPPLY

Assigned Readings - III. FOOD POLICY, AID AND TRADE

Assigned Readings - Post Break

Textbook - full text, online

Other Readings