ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This White Paper was produced as part of the World Resources Institute’s Poverty, Agriculture and Trade Objective. An earlier version of this publication, entitled Beyond The Doha Round And The Agricultural Subsidies Debate: Toward A Reform Agenda For Livelihoods And The Environment, was launched at the fifth ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization in Hong Kong in December, 2005.

The authors gratefully acknowledge colleagues Peter Veit, Liz Marshall, and Jenny Guiling for review and revision of this manuscript; and David Jhirad and Frances Seymour for review and support of this publication. Xander Slaski provided research assistance. The authors and the World Resources Institute also extend their thanks to the reviewers of the manuscript, Vice Yu, Ann Thrupp, and Kimberly Pfeifer. Their comments provided valuable insight and helped to improve the document; the final paper does not necessarily reflect their views.

The authors thank Jen Lesar for editing this paper, Maggie Powell for layout, and Hyacinth Billings for her role as Publications Director.

This publication was made possible through the generous support of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

About the Authors

Antonio La Vina is a Senior Fellow and Lindsey Fransen is an Associate in the Institutions and Governance Program at the World Resources Institute. Paul Faeth is Managing Director of the World Resources Institute. Yuko Kurauchi is a Research Assistant at the World Resources Institute.