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Studies: Oxfam updates research on impact of US cotton subsidies on West African farmers

The aid group Oxfam released a study in June that examines the impact of American cotton subsidies on cotton producers in West Africa. Oxfam has long rallied against US cotton subsidies, and has issued reports in the past that show the negative impact these subsidies have on the incomes of cotton farmers in developing countries, particularly West African countries, where cotton production makes up a majority of agricultural export earnings.

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Commentary: Chocking the modern city: Fuel subsidies and the case of Indonesia

When Indonesia started subsidizing fuel in 1967, in the early days of President Suharto, the policy seemed to make sense given the staggering poverty at the time. Hyperinflation hit 650 percent, and the resulting public anger forced Founding Father President Sukarno to step down after 22 years of power. Suharto then introduced fuel subsidies as a means to keep poverty at bay.

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Commentary: Subsidies for not rearing pigs?

His neighbor has just received £3,000 from the UK's Rural Payments Agency for not rearing pigs, and he wants to know how he might do the same. In a sarcastic letter to David Miliband, the Environment Secretary, Nigel Johnson-Hill asks: "What is the best kind of farm not to rear pigs on, and which is the best breed of pigs not to rear?

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Studies: Subsidies to Wal-Mart more than $200 Million over three years

The American non-profit Good Jobs First estimates that the retail giant Wal-Mart has received more than US$ 200 million in economic development subsidies over the last three years. In 2004, a highly-publicized report from Good Jobs First calculated that the company had netted some US$ 1 billion in subsidies. Subsidy deals went to 30 stores and nine distribution centers in 15 states.

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Studies: Environmental Working Group reveals 1.5 million subsidy recipients

The Environmental Working Group (EWG), a public-interest organization, launched a database in June that includes the names of over 1.5 million subsidy recipients in the United States and the amounts that they received. The Farm Policy Analysis Database suggests millions of dollars in US farm subsidies are going to rich land owners, many of whom don't even farm.

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Studies: The Economic impact of not extending biofuels subsidies

A report by the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute of the University of Missouri-Columbia reveals the degree to which ethanol production is dependent on subsidies in the United States. Ethanol production in the US currently benefits from a US$ 0.51 per gallon tax credit and a US$ 0.54 per gallon import tariff.

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