Globalization and the Developing Countries

Siemen van Berkum (Phd) has a position at the Agricultural Economics Research Institute (LEI) in The Hague (The Netherlands) as head of section International Trade and Development. He has extensive experience in (European) agricultural policy and international market and chain analysis. He has substantial knowledge of agricultural and rural policy developments as well as experience of assessing the development needs of the agricultural and food sector in Central Europe. He has working experience in almost all new EU member states from the East as well as in several (non-EU-member) Balkan countries, Turkey and in Russia.

• 1: The pros and cons of globalization for developing Countries, 2: Trade liberalization and China’s food economy in the 21st century, 3: Globalization and public agricultural research in India, 4: Globalization and economic reforms in Ghana, 5: The impact of recent policy changes on the agricultural sector and public agricultural research in Kenya, 6: The impact of trade liberalization and domestic policy reforms on the agricultural sector in Cameroon, 7: The implications of global standards for national agricultural research, 8: Intellectual property rights and the commercialization of public agricultural research in developing countries, 9: The development of the seed industry under globalization, 10: Managing intellectual property and proprietary technology in agricultural research, 11: Diversifying agricultural production and exports in Africa, 12: The opportunities and challenges of globalization for agricultural research in the Caucasus, 13: Globalization, internal policy reforms and public agricultural research in Nigeria, 14: The reorganization of public agricultural research in the Caribbean under the pressures of globalization and privatization, 15: The impact of globalization on the agricultural sector and public agricultural research in Latin America and the Caribbean,