Distortions to Agricultural Incentives : A Global Perspective, 1955-2007

doi:10.1596/978-0-8213-7665-2

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Distortions to Agricultural Incentives : A Global Perspective, 1955-2007

dc.contributor.author	Anderson, Kym
dc.date.accessioned	2012-08-08T19:47:56Z
dc.date.available	2012-08-08T19:47:56Z
dc.date.issued	2009
dc.description.abstract	This book provides an overview of the evolution of distortions to agricultural incentives caused by price, trade, and exchange rate policies in a large sample of countries spanning the world. This chapter begins with a brief summary of the long history of national distortions to agricultural markets. It then outlines the methodology used to generate annual indicators of the extent of government interventions in markets, details of which are provided in Anderson et al. (2008a, 2008b) and appendix A of this volume. A description of the economies being examined and their economic growth and structural changes over recent decades is then briefly presented as a preface to the main section of the chapter, in which the nominal rate of assistance (NRA) and consumer tax equivalent (CTE) estimates are summarized across regions and over the decades since the 1950s. These estimates are discussed in far more detail in the regional studies that follow, chapters two-ten. A summary of an additional set of indicators of agricultural price distortions, presented in chapter eleven, is based on the trade restrictiveness index first developed by Anderson and Neary (2005). In chapter twelve, the focus shifts from countries to commodities, and various distortion indicators are used to provide a sense of how distorted each of the key farm commodity markets is globally. Chapter thirteen uses the study's NRA and CTE estimates to provide a new set of results from a global economy-wide model. It quantifies the impacts of reforms undertaken since the early 1980s, and of the policies still in place as of 2004, on global markets, net farm incomes, and welfare. Finally, that chapter concludes by drawing on the lessons learned to speculate on the prospects for further reducing the disarray in world agricultural markets.	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/978-0-8213-7665-2
dc.identifier.isbn	978-0-8213-7665-2
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/9436
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank and Palgrave Macmillan
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject	Agricultural Protection
dc.subject	Distortions to Incentives
dc.subject	Economy-wide Modeling
dc.subject	Rural Poverty
dc.subject	Trade Policy
dc.subject	Urban Bias
dc.title	Distortions to Agricultural Incentives : A Global Perspective, 1955-2007	en
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okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Publication
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.globalpractice	Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpractice	Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpractice	Agriculture
okr.globalpractice	Transport and ICT
okr.globalpractice	Trade and Competitiveness
okr.globalpractice	Trade and Competitiveness
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okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/978-0-8213-7665-2
okr.identifier.report	51279
okr.language.supported	en
okr.peerreview	Academic Peer Review
okr.topic	Agriculture::Agricultural Research
okr.topic	Macroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Theory & Research
okr.topic	Private Sector Development::Emerging Markets
okr.topic	Industry::Food & Beverage Industry
okr.topic	Rural Development
okr.topic	Rural Development::Rural Development Knowledge & Information Systems
okr.topic	Agriculture
okr.topic	Private Sector Development
okr.topic	Macroeconomics and Economic Growth
okr.topic	Industry
okr.unit	Sustainable Development (MNSSD)
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