What is the future for agriculture in Peru? Once the principal source of employment and income for much of the population, Peru’s agricultural sector has declined in importance as the national economy...
This study examines recent effective rates of protection across the Egyptian economy, using an ad valorem price wedge introduced by nontariff barriers and energy subsidies, and compares today's effective...
The primary objective of this report on the agricultural and rural development in Paraguay was to present the main results and conclusions of a diagnosis and policy options on the current status of agricultural...
This book provides an overview of the evolution of distortions to agricultural incentives caused by price and trade policies in the World Bank-defined region of Latin America and the Caribbean. Following...
This study on Latin America is based on a sample of eight countries, comprising the big four economies of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico; Colombia and Ecuador, two of the poorest South American tropical...
This paper presents estimates of indicators of direct and indirect intervention in agriculture by the Chilean government since 1960, drawing on the methodology in Anderson et al. (2008). To put those indicators...
This paper presents estimates of indicators of direct and indirect intervention in agriculture by the Chilean government since 1960, drawing on the methodology in Anderson et al. (2008). To put those indicators...
This study is part of a global research project seeking to understand the extent and effects of the reduction in policy biases, and the reasons behind the reforms in Asia, Africa, and Europe's transition...
Beyond the City evaluates the contribution of rural development and policies to growth, poverty alleviation, and environmental degradation in the rest of the economy, as well as in the rural space. This...
Based on an economy-wide perspective, this paper begins with a discussion of the bias against exports and agriculture that characterized the economic literature and the development strategies in many developing...
This report examines the impact of marketing and trade policies on production incentives in Ukrainian agriculture during 1994 and 1995. Seven agricultural activities with enormous export potential are...
Since approximately 1990, most countries in Latin America have embarked on a multilateral process of trade liberalization for agricultural and non-agricultural products, effectively ending four decades...
This is one of a series of handbooks which have arisen from a surveillance project to evaluate agricultural price and trade interventions in eight Latin American countries for seven commodities for the...
This is one of a series of handbooks which have arisen from a Surveillance project to evaluate agricultural price and trade interventions in eight Latin American countries for seven commodities for the...
This is one of a series of handbooks which have arisen from a surveillance project to evaluate agricultural price and trade interventions in eight Latin American countries for seven commodities for the...
The core of this study is an in-depth analysis of the economic effects of agricultural economic interventions in eighteen developing countries during the period from 1960 to 1985. The theoretical approach...
This report summarizes the results of an agricultural study in Asia. The project employed a common analytical framework and entailed close collaboration between the investigators and the project's three...
This report summarizes the results of an agricultural study in Latin America. The project employed a common analytical framework and entailed close collaboration between the investigators and the project's...
Past studies have identified nutrition exclusively with nutrient intake. A better definition of nutrition would critically affect the link between poverty and malnutrition and would affect the implications...
Este informe resume los resultados de un estudio sobre la agricultura en América Latina. El proyecto empleó un marco de análisis común e implicó una estrecha colaboración entre los investigadores y los...