This policy brief, Juan Delgado and Indhira Santos look at how EU policies should be adjusted to the higher food prices. The brief makes three policy recommendations: innovation in biofuels should be encouraged but biofuels targets should be abandoned as they are expensive and distort agricultural and energy markets. Freer trade is needed for both efficiency and food security reasons. But more open markets will further increase the price of food for importing countries. An immediate and sustained aid increase should therefore be agreed.
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About the authors
Juan Delgado
“ Juan Delgado was a Resident Fellow from September 2005 to October 2008, when he left to become Chief Economist for the Spanish National Commission for…”
Indhira Santos
“ Indhira Santos was Research Fellow at Bruegel in June 2007 until July 2009, when she left to join the World Bank. She holds a PhD…”
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Bubbie 1st July 2011
I'm irmpessed! You've managed the almost impossible.
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