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Reducing Distortions to Agricultural Incentives: Progress, Pitfalls and Prospects

dc.contributor.author Anderson, Kym
dc.date.accessioned 2012-06-26T19:30:45Z
dc.date.available 2012-06-26T19:30:45Z
dc.date.issued 2006-12
dc.description.abstract Most of the world's poorest people depend on farming for their livelihood. Earnings from farming in low-income countries are depressed partly due to a pro-urban bias in own-country policies, and partly because richer countries (including some developing countries) favor their farmers with import barriers and subsidies. Both sets of policies reduce national and global economic growth and add to inequality and poverty in developing countries. Acknowledgement of that since the 1980s has given rise to greater pressures for reform, both internal and external. Over the past two decades numerous developing country governments have reduced their sectoral and trade policy distortions, while many high-income countries continue with protectionist policies that harm developing country exports of farm products. Recent research suggests that the agricultural protectionist policies of high-income countries reduce welfare in many developing countries. Most of those studies also suggest that full global liberalization of merchandise trade would raise value added in agriculture in developing country regions, and that much of the benefit from global reform would come not just from reform in high-income countries but also from liberalization among developing countries, including in many cases own-country reform. These findings raise three key questions that are addressed in this paper: To what extent have the reforms of the past two decades succeeded in reducing distortions to agricultural incentives? Do current policy distortions still discriminate against farmers in low-income countries? And what are the prospects for further reform in the next decade or so? en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/12/7261784/reducing-distortions-agricultural-incentives-progress-pitfalls-prospects
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9281
dc.language English
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4092
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 ABSOLUTE TERMS
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL ECONOMISTS
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL EXPORTERS
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL GOODS
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL INCENTIVES
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL MARKETS
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL POLICIES
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL POLICY
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL PRICE
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL PRICES
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL PRICING
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL PROTECTION
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL PROTECTIONISM
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL R&D
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL REFORM
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT POLICIES
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL TARIFF
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL TARIFFS
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL TRADE
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL VALUE
dc.subject AGRICULTURE
dc.subject ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
dc.subject ANTI-TRADE
dc.subject APPLIED TARIFF
dc.subject BANANA
dc.subject BANANAS
dc.subject BILATERAL TARIFFS
dc.subject BLACK MARKET
dc.subject BORDER MEASURES
dc.subject CAPITAL FLIGHT
dc.subject COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
dc.subject COMPARATIVE DISADVANTAGE
dc.subject CONSUMERS
dc.subject COTTON
dc.subject COUNTRY DATA
dc.subject CURRENCY
dc.subject DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
dc.subject DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject DEVELOPING COUNTRY
dc.subject DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES
dc.subject DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subject DEVELOPMENT REPORT
dc.subject DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
dc.subject DISPUTE SETTLEMENT
dc.subject DUTY DRAWBACKS
dc.subject EAST EUROPE
dc.subject ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
dc.subject ECONOMIC LITERATURE
dc.subject ECONOMIC POLICY
dc.subject ECONOMIC RESEARCH
dc.subject ECONOMIC WELFARE
dc.subject ECONOMICS
dc.subject ECONOMICS PROFESSION
dc.subject ECONOMIES OF SCALE
dc.subject EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
dc.subject EMPIRICAL MODEL
dc.subject EXCHANGE RATE
dc.subject EXCISE TAXES
dc.subject EXPORT
dc.subject EXPORT MARKETS
dc.subject EXPORT PRICE
dc.subject EXPORT PRICES
dc.subject EXPORT SUBSIDIES
dc.subject EXPORT TAXES
dc.subject EXPORTERS
dc.subject EXPORTS
dc.subject FARM
dc.subject FARM CREDIT
dc.subject FARM INCOME
dc.subject FARM INCOMES
dc.subject FARM INPUTS
dc.subject FARM PRODUCTS
dc.subject FARM SIZE
dc.subject FARMERS
dc.subject FEED
dc.subject FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
dc.subject FOOD EXPORTS
dc.subject FOOD PRICES
dc.subject FOOD PRODUCTS
dc.subject FOOD SAFETY
dc.subject FOOD SECURITY
dc.subject FOREIGN CURRENCY
dc.subject FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
dc.subject FOREIGN EXCHANGE
dc.subject FOREIGN TRADE
dc.subject FREE ACCESS
dc.subject FREE TRADE
dc.subject FULL LIBERALIZATION
dc.subject GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSES
dc.subject GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL
dc.subject GLOBAL ECONOMY
dc.subject GLOBAL TRADE
dc.subject GLOBAL TRADE ANALYSIS
dc.subject GOVERNMENT REGULATION
dc.subject GROWTH HORMONES
dc.subject GROWTH RATES
dc.subject HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject IMPACT OF TRADE
dc.subject IMPERFECT COMPETITION
dc.subject IMPORT BARRIERS
dc.subject IMPORT PRICES
dc.subject IMPORT PROTECTION
dc.subject IMPORT QUOTAS
dc.subject IMPORT TARIFFS
dc.subject IMPORTS
dc.subject INCOME
dc.subject INCOME MEASURES
dc.subject INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL PRICES
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL TRADE
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT
dc.subject LATIN AMERICAN
dc.subject LDCS
dc.subject LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subject MARKET ACCESS
dc.subject MARKETING
dc.subject MULTILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS
dc.subject MULTILATERAL TRADE
dc.subject MULTILATERAL TRADE REFORM
dc.subject OPENNESS
dc.subject OVERVALUATION
dc.subject OVERVALUED EXCHANGE
dc.subject OVERVALUED EXCHANGE RATES
dc.subject PER CAPITA INCOME
dc.subject POLICY ANALYSIS
dc.subject POLICY DEBATE
dc.subject POLICY IMPLICATIONS
dc.subject POLICY OPTIONS
dc.subject POLICY REFORMS
dc.subject POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject POLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subject POLITICAL ECONOMY OF REFORM
dc.subject POOR COUNTRIES
dc.subject POVERTY ALLEVIATION
dc.subject PREFERENTIAL ACCESS
dc.subject PREFERENTIAL AGREEMENTS
dc.subject PREMIUM
dc.subject PRICE INDEX
dc.subject PRICE INDEXES
dc.subject PRO-POOR
dc.subject PRO-POOR GROWTH
dc.subject PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
dc.subject PROTECTION ESTIMATES
dc.subject PROTECTION RATES
dc.subject PROTECTIONISM
dc.subject PROTECTIONIST POLICIES
dc.subject PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
dc.subject PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
dc.subject QUALITY STANDARDS
dc.subject RAPID INDUSTRIALIZATION
dc.subject RATES OF PROTECTION
dc.subject REAL INCOME
dc.subject REAL INCOMES
dc.subject RELATIVE IMPORTANCE
dc.subject RICH COUNTRIES
dc.subject ROUND OF MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
dc.subject RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT
dc.subject STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMS
dc.subject SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
dc.subject SUGAR
dc.subject TARIFF RATES
dc.subject TAXATION
dc.subject TERMS OF TRADE
dc.subject TRADE EFFECT
dc.subject TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
dc.subject TRADE POLICIES
dc.subject TRADE POLICY
dc.subject TRADE PREFERENCES
dc.subject TRADE REFORM
dc.subject TRADE RESTRICTIONS
dc.subject TRADE-DISTORTING MEASURES
dc.subject TRANSITION ECONOMIES
dc.subject UNILATERAL REFORM
dc.subject URUGUAY ROUND
dc.subject VALUE ADDED
dc.subject VOLUME
dc.subject WAGE RATES
dc.subject WELFARE GAINS
dc.subject WORLD TRADE
dc.subject WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
dc.subject WTO
dc.title Reducing Distortions to Agricultural Incentives: Progress, Pitfalls and Prospects en
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okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/12/7261784/reducing-distortions-agricultural-incentives-progress-pitfalls-prospects
okr.globalpractice Agriculture
okr.globalpractice Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpractice Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpractice Poverty
okr.globalpractice Trade and Competitiveness
okr.identifier.doi 10.1596/1813-9450-4092
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000016406_20061212132020
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 7261784
okr.identifier.report WPS4092
okr.language.supported en
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okr.topic Poverty Reduction :: Achieving Shared Growth
okr.topic Economic Theory and Research
okr.topic Rural Development Knowledge and Information Systems
okr.topic Agriculture :: Agribusiness
okr.topic International Economics and Trade :: Free Trade
okr.topic International Economics and Trade
okr.topic Macroeconomics and Economic Growth
okr.topic Rural Development
okr.unit Development Research Group (DECRG)
okr.volume 1 of 1
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