This report synthesizes current knowledge about the ongoing transformation of Peru's agriculture and food system, assesses the recent performance of the agricultural sector with an emphasis on productivity...
This edition of Agua Series Brazil discusses social impacts and externalities of irrigation in semi-arid Brazil. In the context of the debates on the future role of the Government in the development of...
This discussion paper contains seven studies, designed to a) review, and assess the impact of the implementation of the Uruguay Round (UR) Agreement on Agriculture, and, b) to analyze the key issues, interests...
This report presents the findings of a study which examined agricultural price and trade interventions, and their impact on farm income, consumers' real income, and the government budget for the period...
This volume brings together the main papers presented at a workshop held in Kathmandu, Nepal, during April 22-24, 1996. The volume has four sections. The first one comprises overview papers covering global...
This book contains a series of papers presented at the final conference sponsored by the Trade Expansion Program (TEP). The first chapter provides an overview of some of the lessons learned from the TEP's...
Since approximately 1990, most countries in Latin America have embarked on a multilateral process of trade liberalization for agricultural and non-agricultural products, effectively putting an end to four...
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 report 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...
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 that have arisen from a surveillance project to evaluate agricultural price and trade interventions in eight Latin American countries for seven commodities for the...
Industry has been the darling of development, certainly for the now-industrial countries, and more recently for the developing countries. Those with the reins of policy in developing countries decided...
Industry has been the darling of development, certainly for the now-industrial countries, and more recently for the developing countries. Those with the reins of policy in developing countries decided...
The objectives of this study were twofold. The first objective was to measure for the 1960 -84 period the level of price intervention on agricultural products and the effects it had on output, consumption...
The objectives of this study were twofold. The first objective was to measure for the 1960 -84 period the level of price intervention on agricultural products and the effects it had on output, consumption...
Agricultural incentives in developing countries: measuring the effect of sectoral and economywide policies. Inflationary rigidities and orthodox stabilization policies: lessons from Latin America. Nutrients:...
Agriculture has been favored and protected in developed countries while trade policies in developing countries frequently support industry at the expense of exportables and unprotected importables in agriculture...
The purpose of this study is to quantify the welfare and foreign exchange costs that arise in developing countries as a result of the protectionist policies pursued by developed countries with respect...
The study discusses the economic justification for an international food financing facility, examines various approaches, and assesses the merits and probable impact of the facility finally adopted by...