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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814696003321

Titolo

Distortions to agricultural incentives in Africa / / Kym Anderson and William A. Masters, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2009

ISBN

1-282-03308-5

9786612033087

0-8213-7664-0

Descrizione fisica

xxx, 618 pages : illustrations, map ; ; 23 cm

Altri autori (Persone)

AndersonKym

MastersWilliam A

Disciplina

338.1/86

Soggetti

Agriculture - Economic aspects - Africa

Agriculture and state - Africa

Agricultural subsidies - Africa

Africa Economic policy

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 Focus Economies of Africa; PART I INTRODUCTION; Tables; Figures; PART II NORTH AFRICA; PART III SOUTHERN AFRICA; PART IV EASTERN AFRICA; PART V WESTERN AFRICA; Appendix A: Methodology for Measuring Distortions to Agricultural Incentives; Appendix B: Annual Estimates of Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Africa; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Comprehensive empirical studies of the disarray in world agricultural markets appeared approximately 20 years ago. Since then, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has provided estimates each year of market distortions in high-income countries, but there have been no comparable estimates for the world's developing countries. This volume is the third in a series that not only fills that void for recent years but extends the estimates in a consistent and comparable way back in time's and provides analytical narratives for scores of countries that shed light on the evolving