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

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2009
• Descrizione fisica: xxx, 618 pages : illustrations, map ; ; 23 cm
• Disciplina: 338.1/86
• Soggetto topico: Agriculture - Economic aspects - Africa; Agriculture and state - Africa; Agricultural subsidies - Africa
• Soggetto geografico: Africa Economic policy
• Altri autori: AndersonKym MastersWilliam A
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Distortions to agricultural incentives in Africa
• ISBN: 1-282-03308-5; 9786612033087; 0-8213-7664-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814696003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: World Bank e-Library.