Distortions to agricultural incentives [[electronic resource] ] : a global perspective, 1955-2007 / / Kym Anderson, editor

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910456870703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; ; New York, NY, : Palgrave Macmillan; Washington, DC, : World Bank, c2009
• ISBN: 0-8213-7973-9; 1-282-33502-2; 9786612335020; 0-8213-7666-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (682 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): AndersonKym
• Disciplina: 338.1/8
• Soggetti: Agricultural subsidies; Agriculture and state; International trade; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Abbreviations; Map: The 75 Focus Countries; PART I INTRODUCTION; Table 1.1 Key Economic and Trade Indicators of Focus Countries, by Region, 2000-04; Table 1.2 Poverty in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Europe's Transition Economies, 1981-2005; Figure 1.1 Gross Subsidy Equivalents of Assistance to Farmers, over Time and by Region, 1955-2007; Table 1.3 Growth of Real GDP and Exports, Focus Countries, 1980-2004; Figure 1.2 NRA's to Agriculture, by Regions, 1980-84 and 2000-04; Table 1.4 NRAs to Agriculture, Focus Countries, 1955-2007; Figure 1.3 NRA's to Exportable, Import-Competing, and All Covered Agricultural Products, High-Income and Developing Countries, 1955-2004Table 1.5 NR's to Agricultural Exportables, Import-Competing Products, and the TBI, Focus Regions, 1955-2007; Table 1.6 Dispersion of NRAs across Covered Agricultural Products, Focus Regions, 1965-2007; Figure 1.4 NRAs, Key Covered Products, High-Income and ; Developing Countries, 1980-84 and 2000-04; Table 1.7 NRAs to Agricultural Products Relative to Nonagricultural Industries, 1955-2007; Figure 1.5 NRA's to Agricultural and Nonagricultural Tradable Products and RRA, All Focus Countries, 1955-2004 Figure 1.6 RRA's to Tradables, Asia, Africa, and Latin America, 1965-2004; Table 1.8 NRA's to Agricultural and Nonagricultural Tradables, and the RRA, by Region, 1955-2007; Figure 1.7 RRA's to Agriculture, High-Income Countries, 1955-2007; Figure 1.8 Cross-Country Dispersion of NRA's and RRA's, 2000-04; Figure 1.9 Relationships between Real GDP Per Capita and RRA, All Focus Countries, 1955-2007; Figure 1.10 Relationship between RRA and the TBI for Agriculture, Focus Regions, 1980-84 and 2000-04Table 1.9 GSE's of Assistance to Farmers, Total and Per Farm Worker, by Region, 1965-2007; Table 1.10 CTE's of Policies Assisting Producers of Covered Farm Products, Percent and Per Capita, by Region, 1965-2007; Figure 1.11 Welfare Reduction Indexes for Covered Tradable Farm Products, by Region, 1960-2007; Figure 1.12 Regional Shares of Global and Country Shares of Asian Welfare Reduction from Agricultural Policies, 1981-2004; Figure 1.13 Trade and Welfare Reduction Indexes for 28 Major Agricultural Products, 2000-04 Figure 1.14 NRAs for Japan, Republic of Korea, and China, and Date of Accession to GATT or WTO, 1955-2005; Table 1.11 Intensity of Public Agricultural R&D Investment, High-Income and Developing Countries, 1971-2004; Table 1.A.1 Export Orientation, Import Dependence, and Self-Sufficiency in Primary Agricultural Production, Focus Countries, 1961-2004; PART II EVOLUTION OF DISTORTIONS IN ADVANCED ECONOMIES; Table 2.1 Economic Growth and Structural Transformation in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, China, 1955-2004
• Sommario/riassunto: The fifth and last volume in the 'Distortions to Agricultural Incentives' series focus on distortions to agricultural incentives from a global perspective. During the 1960's and 1970's most developing countries imposed anti-agricultural policies, while many high-income countries restricted agricultural imports and subsidized their farmers. Both sets of policies inhibited economic growth and poverty alleviation in developing countries. Since the 1980's, however, many developing countries began to reverse that policy trend. This book brings together the first-ever comprehensive and consistent set of...