Political Economy of Distortions to Agricultural Incentives : Introduction and Summary

During the 1960s and 1970s 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 alle...

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Main Author:	Anderson, Kym
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	AGREEMENT ON AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL AGREEMENT AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL EXPORT AGRICULTURAL EXPORT SUBSIDIES AGRICULTURAL GOODS AGRICULTURAL IMPORTS AGRICULTURAL INCENTIVES AGRICULTURAL MARKETS AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL POLICIES AGRICULTURAL POLICY AGRICULTURAL PRICE AGRICULTURAL PRICES AGRICULTURAL PRICING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PROTECTION AGRICULTURAL PROTECTIONISM AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL SECTORS AGRICULTURAL TARIFFS AGRICULTURAL TRADE AGRICULTURAL TRADE POLICIES AGRICULTURAL TRADE POLICY AGRICULTURE ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY BARGAINING BARGAINING POWER BENCHMARK BORDER MEASURES CAPITAL MARKETS COLLECTIVE ACTION COMMERCIAL GROUPS COMMODITIES COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONSUMERS COTTON CROPS DECENTRALIZATION DEMOCRACIES DEMOCRACY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC MARKETS DOMESTIC PRICE DOMESTIC PRICES ECONOMETRIC ANALYSES ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC THEORY EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXPORT EXPORTS FARM FARM INCOME FARM INCOMES FARM INPUTS FARM PRICES FARM PRODUCTS FARM SUBSIDIES FARMERS FARMS FEED FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCTION FOREIGN EXCHANGE FREE TRADE GDP GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL MARKETS GOVERNANCE INDICATORS GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION GOVERNMENT REGULATION GRAIN HOUSEHOLDS IMPORT BARRIERS IMPORT DUTIES IMPORT TARIFFS IMPORTS OF RICE INCOME GROUP INDUSTRIALIZATION INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL TRADE LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS MARKET ACCESS MARKET FAILURES MARKET STRUCTURES MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES MILK MULTILATERAL TRADE NATIONAL ECONOMY OUTPUTS PER CAPITA INCOME POLITICAL ARENA POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL POWER POLITICAL REGIME POLITICAL REGIMES POLITICAL SYSTEM PORK PORTFOLIO PORTFOLIO DIVERSIFICATION PORTFOLIOS POULTRY POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRICE DISTORTIONS PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC FINANCE PUBLIC GOOD PUBLIC POLICIES PUBLIC POLICY QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS REAL WAGES REDISTRIBUTIVE TAXATION REFORM PROGRAM REGIONAL TRADE RICE PRICES RURAL AREAS SUGAR TAX TAXATION TRADE AGREEMENT TRADE AGREEMENTS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE NEGOTIATIONS TRANSITION COUNTRIES TRANSITION ECONOMIES URBANIZATION URUGUAY ROUND VOLATILITY VOLUME WAGES WEALTH WORLD ECONOMY WORLD PRICES WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/267471468346438258/Political-economy-of-distortions-to-agricultural-incentives-introduction-and-summary http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28164