西非的自由市场和08年粮食危机
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Gambia
Ivory Coast
Mali
Laurence Becker
Oregon State University
The researchers say Gambia and Ivory Coast suffered more during the food crisis than Mali did. They say this was because people in Gambia and Ivory Coast had come to depend on imported rice. Local rice production fell after the countries reduced farm supports and import taxes under free market refo…
研究人员说冈比亚和象牙海岸在粮食危机中损失要比马里更加严重。他们说这是因为生活在冈比亚和象牙海岸的人们是要依靠进口大米生活的。 这一带的国家在自由市场改革过程中减少了对于农业支持，下调了进口关税，从而导致本地的水稻产量大减。这意味着种植大米的农民不仅挣得少了，而且还面临着来自进口的巨大竞争压力。而正当…