CGD in the News
How Fear Turned a Surplus Into Scarcity (NPR)
Non-resident fellow Peter Timmer was featured on NPR's Planet Money on the 2008 food crisis.
Analysis: Extreme Weather Plagues Farming, Talks Flounder (Reuters)
Reuters quoted CGD non-resident fellow Peter Timmer on food and agriculture.
Will Rice Market Go Up in Flames Again? (The Philippine Star)
By Peter Timmer And Tom Slayton / Center for Global Development December 10, 2009
MANILA, Philippines - To understand how we got here, it is useful to recap the events of the last several weeks.
With a presidential election scheduled for May 2010 and increased import requirements because of typhoon damage that is officially forecast to have reduced this year’s rice crop as much as 1.0 mmt below last year’s output of 16.8 mmt, the Philippines has started its import campaign almost two months earlier than normal, despite comfortable government-held stocks.
Its Nov. 4 tender contained a number of restrictive features:
the minimum offer was 100,000 tons; the maximum that could be supplied from the cheapest eligible origin (Pakistan) was 50,000 tons; shipments via containers were prohibited; expensive supplier credits of 270 days were required, and participating firms had to show proof of having performed on an agricultural contract worth $33.75 million.Will Rice Market Go Up in Flames Again? (The Philippine Star)
The Philippine Star published part 1 of CGD non-resident fellow Peter Timmer and Tom Slayton's op-ed on rice prices.
Field v Factory (Economist)
The Economist cites CGD non-resident fellow Peter Timmer on India's agricultural transformation.
Blame It on Biofuels
In the August 20-27 edition of Newsweek International, author Barrett Sheridan quotes CGD Senior Fellow Peter Timmer on Biofuels and possible causes of food shortages in poor countries
A Seedbed of Revolution
Senior fellow Peter Timmer is quoted in this Economist article about the possibility and political nature of creating a Green Revolution in Africa.
Neither Is the State [Newsweek]
This article is from the Dec. 26, 2005 - Jan 2, 2006 issue of Newsweek Magazine. The author, Rana Foroohar, quotes Senior Fellow Peter Timmer in this piece about governmental level reforms that would benefit development.
USAID Chief Says He Witnessed Mass Burial in NK
This article from The Korea Times cites Andrew Natsios' speech from our December 9th Food Aid event.