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Related Amber Waves Articles
International Consumer and Retail
Trends
Global Food Industry and Foreign Direct
Investment
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International
Consumer and Retail Trends
- The Expansion of Modern Grocery
Retailing and Trade in Developing Countries (ERR-122), July
2011, 33 pp.
- Cross-Price Elasticities of
Demand Across 114 Countries (TB-1925), March 2010, 89 pp.
- Convergence in Global Food Demand and
Delivery, Economic Research Report,
March 2008
- Converging Patterns in Global Food Consumption and
Food Delivery Systems, Amber Waves, February 2008
- "Modeling International Consumption Patterns," Review of
Income and Wealth, 2006, Vol. 52, pp. 603-624
- "Are Diets Converging Globally? A Comparison of Trends across
Selected Countries," Journal of Food Distribution
Research, 2006
- "Globalisation and Income Growth Promote the Mediterranean
Diet," Public Health Nutrition, 2004, Vol. 7, pp.
977-983
- A Richer World Wants a Richer Diet, Amber
Waves, November 2003
- International Evidence on Food
Consumption Patterns, Technical Bulletin, October 2003
- Changing Structure of Global
Food Consumption and Trade, June 200
Global Food Industry and
Foreign Direct Investment
- "Brand Leadership and Product Innovation as Firm Strategies in
Global Food Markets," Journal of Product and Brand
Management, 2009, Vol. 18
- "Managing Firm Competitiveness In Global Markets,"
Competitiveness in Agriculture and Food Industry: US and EU
Perspectives, R. Fanfani, E. Ball, L. Guterrez, and E.R.
Maccarini (editors), Bononia University Press, 2008
- "Exchange Rates, Foreign Income, and U.S. Agricultural
Exports," Agricultural and Resource Economics Review,
2008, Vol. 27 No. 2, pp. 160-175
- "Exchange Rates and U.S. Foreign Direct Investment in the
Global Processed Food Industry," Agricultural and Resource
Economics Review, 2007, Vol. 36 No. 2, pp. 230-238
- New Directions in Global Food Markets,
Agriculture Information Bulletin, February 2005
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U.S.
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population, and food aid shipments.
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report and database.
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regulations.
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per capita expenditures. This information is not available from
international organizations such as the World Bank or the United
Nations. USDA's Foreign Agricultural Services and the Economic
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