Commodity and sector-specific analysis
OPM has undertaken studies that have examined the impact of trade reforms in a number of commodities and sectors of interest to developing countries. These include reform of developed country market access policies and the impact of reform of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy, particularly on sugar, rice, bananas, fruit and vegetables and dairy products.
Our analysis has generated recommendations on the design of both bilateral and multilateral interventions to enable developing countries to make best use of the opportunities presented by reforms and to adjust where they present difficulties, particularly because of preference erosion.
Project Examples
Analysis of the Impact of Preference Erosion in Sugar
Client: DFID
Funder: DFID
Study on Safeguarding the Benefits of the Sugar Protocol to ACP Countries
Client: European Commission
Funder: CTA
EU's Fruit and Vegetables Regimes: Impact on Developing Countries
Client: DFID
Funder: DFID
Study of CAP Dairy Reform
Client: DFID
Funder: DFID
Analysis of the Impact of Changes in the EU's Rice Regime on the Rice Sector of ACP Countries
Client: ACP and EC
Funder: EC
Study of the Impact of Preference Erosion in Bananas on Caribbean Countries
Client: DFID
Funder: DFID