Missing the Mark Proponents of an agriculture agreement at the WTO Ministerial in November are arguing it is needed to help the approximately 800 million people currently suffering from hunger. However, the cause of their hunger has very little to do with the new rules being proposed. With or without WTO rules, hunger is not a problem in countries with good domestic governance, minimal corruption, and little social strife. At the same time, the enactment of new rules on trade such as larger import safeguards and public stockholding will not end the corruption and poor governance that underlies much hunger where it exists. Not only are these new proposed rules being oversold when it comes to hunger, they will also not help address other mal...
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Accountability and a comprehensive approach to export programming
WPI’s team helped construct a strategic approach to develop, implement, and track promotional activities in 8 key regions across the globe for an agricultural export association. With continued progress measurement and strategic advisory services from WPI, the association has seen its ROI from investments in promotional programming increase by 44 percent over the past 5 years. Not only does this type of holistic approach to organizational strategy provide measurable results to track and analyze, it fosters top-down and bottom-up organizational accountability.