Political Economy of Agricultural Distortions in Transition Countries of Asia and Europe

This paper analyzes the political and institutional factors which are behind the dramatic changes in distortions to agricultural incentives in the transition countries in East Asia, Central Asia, and the rest of the former Soviet Union, and in Cent...

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Main Authors:	Rozelle, Scott, Swinnen, Johan
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE ARBITRAGE BANKRUPTCIES BUDGET CONSTRAINTS BUREAUCRACY COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMMUNISM COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE MARKETS CROPS DEMOCRACY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DIRECT PAYMENTS ECONOMIC CRISES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC REFORM ECONOMIC REFORMS ECONOMIC SYSTEM ECONOMICS EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXPORT SECTORS EXPORTS FARMERS FARMS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FOOD PRICES FOOD PROCESSING FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD PRODUCTS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FREE TRADE GDP GDP PER CAPITA GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS GOVERNMENT REGULATION GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES HIGH WAGES IDEOLOGY INCOMES INDUSTRIALIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS INTEGRATION LABORERS LAND REFORM LEGITIMACY LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS MARKET ECONOMIES MARKET ECONOMY MARKET LIBERALIZATION MARKETING MOTIVATION NATIONAL ECONOMY OUTPUT OVEREMPLOYMENT PER CAPITA INCOME PLANNED ECONOMY POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT POLITICAL REGIMES POLITICAL SYSTEM PRICE DISTORTIONS PRIVATE INVESTMENTS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROPERTY RIGHTS PROTECTIONISM RAPID GROWTH REFORM PROGRAM REFORM PROGRAMS REGIME CHANGE REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL TRADE RENT SEEKING RENTS REPUBLIC RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE SOCIALISM SOFT BUDGET CONSTRAINTS SUPPLIERS TAX TAXATION TEXTILES TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY TRADING SYSTEM TRANSITION COUNTRIES TRANSITION ECONOMIES WAGES WORLD ECONOMY WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/412951468167660128/Political-economy-of-agricultural-distortions-in-transition-countries-of-Asia-and-Europe http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28161

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Summary:	This paper analyzes the political and institutional factors which are behind the dramatic changes in distortions to agricultural incentives in the transition countries in East Asia, Central Asia, and the rest of the former Soviet Union, and in Central and Eastern Europe. The paper explains why these changes have occurred and why there are large differences among transition countries in the extent and the nature of the remaining distortions.

Political Economy of Agricultural Distortions in Transition Countries of Asia and Europe

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