Documentos e informes

Economic analysis of irrigation rehabilitation projects (Inglés)

This paper discusses the assessment of the costs and benefits of irrigation rehabilitation and modernization projects. It summarizes the methodology used at the World Bank to assess the economic viability...

Compendium of case studies on agricultural liberalization experience (Inglés)

The purpose of this study is to provide World Bank staff with information about the process of liberalizing agricultural markets. The emphasis has been on practical country experience, including the mechanics...

Trade conflicts and prospects for resolution in the GATT : developing country issues (Inglés)

The developing countries belonging to GATT and eligible to participate in the upcoming negotiations are a heterogeneous group. This paper examines the various issues facing developing countries in the...

Irrigation water distribution : implications for design and operation (Vol. 2 of 2) : Appendices (Inglés)

This paper deals with one of the four major components of an irrigation system: the distribution sub-system, that is, that portion of the irrigation system within which water flows are varied relatively...

Irrigation water distribution : implications for design and operation (Vol. 1 of 2) : Main text (Inglés)

This paper deals with one of the four major components of an irrigation system: the distribution sub-system, that is, that portion of the irrigation system within which water flows are varied relatively...

Economic analysis of agricultural pricing policies in Brazil : the wheat and soybean case (Inglés)

This paper reports on a methodology designed to examine the effects of selected agricultural policies in Brazil. The purpose of the paper is twofold. The first is to explain the methodology, dubbed multi-market...

Economic analysis of wheat and maize price policies in Hungary (Inglés)

This paper reports on a methodology designed to examine the effects of selected agricultural policies in Hungary. The purpose of the paper is twofold. The first is to explain the methodology, dubbed multi-market...

Some theoretical aspects of agricultural policies (Inglés)

Governments throughout the world, both in developing and developed countries have intervened in their agricultural markets in differing ways such as subsidizing farmers, stabilizing prices and providing...

Multi-market methodology for analyzing agricultural pricing policies in an operational context : a background note (Inglés)

This note reports on an operational methodology aimed at analyzing the economic impact of agricultural price (tax/subsidy) policies. This method, and associated software for personal computers, has been...

El Salvador - Recent trends and medium term prospects in the agricultural sector (Inglés)

Owing to specific political and economic conditions present in El Salvador, agricultural production has experienced declines and uneven performance in the past five years. This report, consequently, examines...

Urban bias and the political economy of agricultural price reform (Inglés)

This paper is an exercise in the incorporation of "political economy" constraints into the analysis of policy reform. It is an illustrative exercise, focusing on the potential distributional consequences...

Cost sharing arrangements under sharecropping : moral hazard, insensitive flexibility and risk (Inglés)

Agricultural price stabilization in developing countries (Inglés)

Should a developing country take steps to stabilize the domestic prices of agricultural commodities which it produces and consumes? This paper attempts to answer this question and examines the domestic...

The process of formulation and implementation of economic and agricultural policy in the Dominican Republic (Inglés)

This paper is concerned with policy formulation and implementation as a decision-making process. It recognizes that this process is a dynamic and adaptive response to unforeseen change that endeavors to...

Cocoa marketing in Ivory Coast : a review and recommendations (Inglés)

This report analyzes how Cote d'Ivoire has used international cocoa markets. It recommends technical changes that would increase average export earnings from existing cocoa output. Further, the report...

Livestock development in Latin America (Español)

The paper provides information and an analytical framework for use in designing livestock sector development strategies in Latin America. The focus is on economic policy. Topics treated include livestock...

Trade policy in a changing world : the relationship of agricultural trade to development policy (Inglés)

The basic hypothesis of this paper is that the 1970's brought major and fundamental changes in the world economy which will persist for the foreseeable future. It also brought a world boom in agricultural...

Farm mechanization issues and policies (Inglés)

Farm mechanization continues to be a contentious component of the modernization process in developing countries. There are numerous issues regarding the pattern and pace of mechanization, problems in sustaining...

Sugar study : an overview with special reference to the Latin America and Caribbean region (Inglés)

For many years sugar has been of major importance to the economies of a large and diverse number of developing countries. As sugar producing crops (beet and cane) can be grown in both tropical and temperate...

Draft animal power project considerations (Inglés)

The change from animal draft to mechanical draft is a change of technique, but the initial introduction of animal traction is a change of farming system. Sub-Saharan Africa contains the largest areas remaining...