Annual Meeting 2004
The 40th Annual Meeting of
The Association for International Agriculture 
and Rural Development

"Progress in International Agriculture and Rural Development"
Speakers and Panelists

John Nash
Advisor for Commodities and Trade, Agriculture and Rural Development Department
World Bank

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John Nash has been a member of the World Bank staff since 1986, working in Latin America and Caribbean agricultural operations (1986-88); the International Trade Research Group in Development Economics vice-presidency (1988-1996); and Europe and Central Asia agricultural operations (1996-December, 2001). Since January 2002, he has been Advisor for Commodities and Trade in the Agriculture and Rural Development Department of the Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development vice-presidency. John was previously with the US Federal Trade Commission (1983-88), holding positions including assistant director for Trade Regulation Rules and economic advisor to the chairman. Prior to that, he was assistant professor of economics at Texas A&M University (1980-83). John holds an MSc and PhD in economics, from the University of Chicago (1982) and a BS in economics from Texas A&M University (1975). He has published on topics such as trade policy in Latin America, Africa, South Asia, and transition economies; agricultural policy adjustment; agricultural price policy; commodity price stabilization; and capital mobility.