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Kate Ambler

Kate Amber is a Senior Research Fellow in the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit. Kate’s research broadly focuses on interventions that can increase incomes for smallholders and other microenterprises in agrifood value chains, with a specific focus on the inclusion of women. This includes work on programming in fragile settings, innovations in agricultural finance, and regulatory solutions for food safety. 

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The Philippine National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) is the Philippines’ premier socioeconomic planning body. It is the authority in macroeconomic forecasting and policy analysis and research and provides high-level advice to policymakers in the Philippine Congress and Executive Branch. NEDA coordinates the formulation of policies, plans, and programs; reviews, evaluates, and monitors infrastructure projects; and undertakes short-term policy reviews to provided analyses of development issues and policy alternatives.

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Evaluation of quantitative restrictions (QR) on Philippine rice

Evaluation of quantitative restrictions (QR) on Philippine rice

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The Philippines: Impacts of the Ukraine and global crises on poverty and food security

2022Xinshen Diao; Dorosh, Paul A.; Pauw, Karl; Pradesha, Angga; Thurlow, James
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The Philippines: Impacts of the Ukraine and global crises on poverty and food security

Global food, fuel, and fertilizer prices have risen rapidly in recent months, driven in large part by the fallout from the ongoing war in Ukraine and the sanctions imposed on Russia. Other factors, such as export bans, have also contributed to rising prices. Palm oil and wheat prices increased by 56 and 100 percent in real terms, respectively, between June 2021 and April 2022, with most of the increase occurring since February (Figure 1). Wide variation exists across products, with real maize prices increasing by only 11 percent and rice prices declining by 13 percent. The price of crude oil and natural gas has also risen substantially, while the weighted average price of fertilizer has doubled. With these changes in global prices, many developing countries and their development partners are concerned about the implications for economic stability, food security, and poverty.

Year published

2022

Authors

Xinshen Diao; Dorosh, Paul A.; Pauw, Karl; Pradesha, Angga; Thurlow, James

Citation

Diao, Xinshen; Dorosh, Paul A.; Pauw, Karl; Pradesha, Angga; and Thurlow, James. 2022. The Philippines: Impacts of the Ukraine and global crises on poverty and food security. Global Crisis Country Brief 19. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136318

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Philippines; Ukraine

Keywords

South-eastern Asia; Eastern Europe; Ukraine; Poverty; Food Security; Armed Conflicts; Prices; Shock; Agrifood Systems; Equality; Diet; Commodities; Fertilizers; Crises

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136318 Source record

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Foresight

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Philippine rice trade liberalization: Impacts on agriculture and the economy, and alternative policy actions

2019Perez, Nicostrato D.; Pradesha, Angga
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Philippine rice trade liberalization: Impacts on agriculture and the economy, and alternative policy actions

Quantitative restriction (QR) on rice import has been a longstanding instrument of the Philippine government that regulated the importation of rice, protected rice farmers and supported the drive for rice self-sufficiency of the country. However, with the pas-sage of the Republic Act No. 11203 or the Philippine rice trade liberalization law in February 2019, the QR was lifted and replaced with import tariffs instead. This policy shift can have far-reaching impacts not only to rice and agriculture but to the entire economy and to the global rice market as well – with important implications to the general welfare, nutrition and food security of the country. Hence, an ex-ante impact assessment study aimed at simulating, quantifying and understanding the effects of rice liberalization on farmers, consumers and various stakeholders can assist the government in proactively crafting and putting in place appropriate investment and policy interventions, while transitioning from QR and moving toward longer-term rice and food security.

Year published

2019

Authors

Perez, Nicostrato D.; Pradesha, Angga

Citation

Perez, Nicostrato; Pradesha, Angga. 2019. Philippine rice trade liberalization: Impacts on agriculture and the economy, and alternative policy actions. NEDA-IFPRI Policy Studies June 2019. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

Country/Region

Philippines

Keywords

Asia; South-eastern Asia; Models; Imports; Trade Liberalization; Economic Development; Ex Ante Impact Assessment; Commodities; Rice; Trade Policies; Nutrition; Trade; Food Security; Prices; Impact Assessment; Climate Change

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133371 Source record

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Policies, Institutions, and Markets

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Brief

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Ex-Ante impact evaluation of the removal of quantitative restrictions (QR) on Philippine rice

2019International Food Policy Research Institute
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Ex-Ante impact evaluation of the removal of quantitative restrictions (QR) on Philippine rice

The primary objective of the project is to simulate and analyze the impacts of lifting QRs on rice imports on the Philippine agriculture sector and to the economy.

Year published

2019

Authors

International Food Policy Research Institute

Citation

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). 2019. Ex-Ante impact evaluation of the removal of quantitative restrictions (QR) on Philippine rice. Project Factsheet. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

Country/Region

Philippines

Keywords

Asia; South-eastern Asia; Resource Management; Models; Technological Changes; Ex Ante Impact Assessment; Economic Development; Commodities; Rice; Trade Barriers; Malnutrition; Nutrition; Computable General Equilibrium Models; Trade; Food Supply; Food Security; Prices; Commodity Markets; Tariffs; Climate Change

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English

Access/Licence

Open Access

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Source record

Project

Policies, Institutions, and Markets

Record type

Brief