Trade and Development: Proceedings of the Winter 1986 Meeting of the International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium (Texcoco, Mexico, December 1986)

Three levels of papers are contained in this proceedings. The first set contains full research papers presented during the theme day of the meeting. The following papers were given: "International Trade and Factor Movements in Development Theory, Policy, and Experience" (T. N. Srinivasan); "Government in the Process of Trade and Development" (Terry Roe and Mathew Shane); "Technological Potential for Increasing Crop Productivity in Developing Countries (Robert Herdt); "Changing Patterns of Consumption Underlying Changes in Trade and Agricultural Development" (Per Pinstrup-Andersen); "An Argentine Perspective on Recent Agricultural Trade and Policy Developments" (Lucio Reca); and "Trade and Development, Development and Trade" (Mathew Shane). The second set is a group of four papers on the Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maize y Trigo (CIMMYT): "The Evolving Role of CIMMYT: Some Issues for World Food and Agriculture" (Don Winkleman); "The Green Revolution: The Role of CIMMYT and What Lies Ahead" (Norman Borlaug); "CIMMYT's Wheat Program Overview" (Byrd C. Curtis); and "CIMMYT's Maize Program Overview" (Ronald Cantrell). The final section contains 10 short summaries of presentations on critical international issues: "The ERS [Economic Research Service] Trade Liberalization Study: Methods and Preliminary Results" (Nicole Ballenger); "Is There a Role for Producer and Consumer Subsidy Equivalents in Trade Negotiations?" (Nancy E. Schwartz); "Trade Liberalization: A Canadian View of GATT [General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade] and the Multilateral Trade Negotiations" (Don McLatchy); "Trade Liberalization: Results from World Trade Models" (Vernon O. Roningen); "Building a World Trade Model: Some Lessons We Are Learning" (Jerry Sharples); "U.S.-Canada Free Trade: What Are the Issues?" (Mary Ann Normile); "A Canadian Agricultural Economist's Perspective on the Canada-U.S. Trade Liberalization Talks" (John Spriggs); "China's Past and Future Role in the Grain Trade" (Colin Carter); "Mandatory Supply Controls and Trade" (William Meyers); and "Tax Reform Policies in Developing Countries" (Cathy L. Jabara). (KC)