Food, Agriculture, And Development In The Pacific Basin

G. Edward Schuh is director of the Agriculture and Rural Development Department at the World Bank, Washington, D.C.

• 0. Introduction Part 1: The Setting: Development, Food, and the International Economy 1. Food and Agriculture in the Pacific Basin: An Overview 2. Economic Growth, Comparative Advantage, and Agricultural Trade of Pacific Basin Countries Part 2: International Trade and Self-Sufficiency: Contrasting Approaches to Food Security 3. The Trade Approach to Food Security 4. The SAM Approach to Food Security Part 3: Case Studies in Domestic Policy and International Trade 5. Food Policy and the Rice Trade in the Pacific Basin Region 6. Agricultural-Industrial Interactions 7. Agricultural Development and Policy in the People's Republic of China Part 4: The International Migration of Labor 8. The U.S.-Mexican Labor Market 9. International Migration Within the Pacific Basin: Characteristics, Causes, and Consequences Part 5: Technological and Research Capacity, Exchange, and Diffusion 10. Resources for the Production of Agricultural Growth in the Pacific Basin Region 11. Development of Agricultural Research Capacity: Some Perspectives from Asian Experience 12. The Changing Institutional Nature of Technology Diffusion in Latin America: Policy Implications Part 6: Conclusions 13. Future Issues and Prospects for International Collaboration in the Pacific Basin