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Monitoring, Evaluation and Best Practices

Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies

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Role of Certification in Competitiveness

16/11/2006 Go to Evidence

85% of companies that obtain certifications such as ISO 9000 improve their ability to respond to queries about their performance, which increases their competitiveness in volatile markets where demand composition and technologies change abruptly and continuously (Sabel & Reddy, 2006).

85% de las empresas que obtienen certificaciones como ISO 9000 mejoran su capacidad para responder a consultas sobre su desempeño, lo que aumenta su competitividad en mercados volátiles donde la composición de la demanda y las tecnologías cambian de forma abrupta y continua (Sabel y Reddy, 2006).

Sabel, C. F., & Reddy, S. G. (2006). Learning to Learn: Undoing the Gordian Knot of Development Today.

Tag: Outlook-2025-2026
Country: World (aggregate)
Sector: Business organization and management
Area: Value Addition
Instrument: Voluntary standards Regulation of Private Standards, Norms, and Voluntary Certifications
Beneficiary: Private enterprises Exporters
Result: Improved commercial competitiveness Improved market efficiency

Importance of Creditworthiness in Development

16/11/2006 Go to Evidence

90% of microstructural improvements related to creditworthiness generate a relaxation of macroeconomic constraints, even in the presence of central banks with restrictive monetary policies (Sabel & Reddy, 2006).

90% de las mejoras microestructurales relacionadas con la creditworthiness (solvencia crediticia) generan una relajación de las restricciones macroeconómicas, incluso en presencia de bancos centrales con políticas monetarias restrictivas (Sabel y Reddy, 2006).

Sabel, C. F., & Reddy, S. G. (2006). Learning to Learn: Undoing the Gordian Knot of Development Today.

Tag: Outlook-2025-2026
Country: World (aggregate)
Sector: Economia, total goods Finance, banking and insurance
Area: Agrifood Context
Instrument: Expansion of the supply of agricultural credit Factoring Financial trusts International financial cooperation Guarantee or endorsements
Beneficiary: Consumers Public institutions
Result: Access to financial services Improved market efficiency

Export concentration in demanding markets

12/12/2005 Go to Evidence

70% of Argentine wine exports are sold in the United States, European Union, and Japan, demonstrating their competitiveness in sophisticated and competitive markets (McDermott, 2005).

70% de las exportaciones de vino argentino se venden en Estados Unidos, la Unión Europea y Japón, demostrando su competitividad en mercados sofisticados y competitivos (McDermott, 2005).

McDermott, G. (2005). The Politics of Institutional Renovation and Economic Upgrading: Lessons from the Argentine Wine Industry. William Davidson Institute Working Paper Number 817, University of Michigan.

Tag: Outlook-2025-2026
Country: Argentina
Sector: Agrifood (products)
Area: International Trade and Regional Integration
Instrument: Marketing and trade promotion
Beneficiary: Value Chains Exporters
Result: Improved commercial competitiveness Improved market efficiency

European subsidies

03/01/2002 Go to Evidence

14.8 billion dollars was the base amount of export subsidies from the European Union, reducing to 9.4 billion dollars in 2000, making it the world's largest provider of such support (de Gorter, Ingco, & Ruiz, 2002, p. 4).

14,800 millones de dólares fue el monto base de subsidios a la exportación de la Unión Europea, que se reduciría a 9,400 millones en el año 2000, siendo el mayor otorgante mundial de estos apoyos (de Gorter, Ingco, & Ruiz, 2002, p. 4).

Macías Uribe, C. (2019). World Agricultural Trade Reform, Insertion of Mexico´s agricultural sector under NAFTA and the WTO Agreement on Agriculture, 1994-2012. Textual, 74, 13-49.

Tag: Trade&Environment Regional_Cooperation
Country: European Union
Sector: Agri-Food (total) Economia, total goods
Area: Associativity International Trade and Regional Integration
Instrument: Sectoral or general adjustment of Interest Rates Changes in Import Tariffs Strategies, plans, policies or guidelines; sectoral or national Countervailing measures Export subsidies
Beneficiary: Exporters Agricultural producers
Result: Improved commercial competitiveness Improved market efficiency