1 groundnut policies global trade dynamics and the impact of liberalization ndiame diop john beghin mirvat sewadeh world bank policy research working paper 3226 march 2004 series disseminates findings work in progress to encourage exchange ideas about development issues an objective is get out quickly even if presentations are less than fully polished papers carry names authors should be cited accordingly interpretations conclusions expressed this entirely those they do not necessarily represent view its executive directors or countries available online at http econ worldbank org n economist with department j a professor economics iowa state university m consultant thank ataman aksoy baffes harry de gorter eric dohlman fred gale cheng fang ashok gulati dinghuan hu steve jaffee holger matthey don mitchell gary pursell funing zhong for comments information 2 abstract products