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Sub-Saharan and North Africa
No full textKym Anderson and William A. Mastershttp://trove.nla.gov.au/work/3551319
China and Southeast Asia
No full textKym Anderson and Will Martinhttp://trove.nla.gov.au/work/3551319
Latin America and the Caribbean
No full textKym Anderson and Alberto Valdéshttp://trove.nla.gov.au/work/3551319
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
No full textKym Anderson and Johan Swinnenhttp://trove.nla.gov.au/work/3551319
Australia and New Zealand
No full textKym Anderson, Ralph Lattimore, Peter J. Lloyd and Donald MacLarenhttp://trove.nla.gov.au/work/3551319
Krueger/Schiff/Valdes Revisited: Agricultural Price and Trade Policy Reform in Developing Countries since 1960
Get PDFA study of distortions to agricultural incentives in 18 developing countries during 1960-84, by Krueger, Schiff and Valdés (1988; 1991), found that policies in most of those developing countries were directly or indirectly harming their farmers. Since the mid-1980s there has been a substantial amount of policy reform and opening up of many developing countries, and indicators of that progress have been made available recently by a new study that has compiled estimates for a much larger sample of developing countries and for as many years as possible since 1955. The new study also covers EuropeÂ’s transition economies and comparable estimates for high-income countries, thereby covering more than 90 percent of world agricultural output and employment. This paper summarizes the methodology used in the new study (pointing out similarities and differences with those used by the OECD and by Krueger, Schiff and Valdés), compares a synopsis of the indicators from Krueger, Schiff and Valdés and the new study for the period to 1984, summarizes the changing extent of price distortions across countries and commodities globally since then, and concludes by evaluating the degree of distortion reduction over the years since 1984 compared with how much still remains, according to the results of a global economy wide model.Agricultural price distortions, trade policies, developing countries
Golden Rice and the Looming GMO Trade Debate: Implication for the Poor
Get PDFThe first generation of genetically modified crop varieties, currently most widespread in the maize and soybean sectors, sought to increase farmer profitability by improving agronomic traits. The next generation of biotech research is focusing also on breeding for attributes desired by consumers. Although not yet commercially available, a new variety of rice, known as ‘Golden Rice’, has been genetically engineered to contain a higher level of vitamin A. Thus in contrast with the current commercial applications of biotech crops, this new rice variety aims directly at benefiting consumers rather than producers. More specifically, it aims at improving the health of poor people in developing countries who rely on rice as their main staple food (or would be if it was cheaper) and whose diet is nutrient-deficient. This paper analyses empirically the potential economic effects of such an innovation in an environment of heated debates about the risks and benefits of these biotech developments. The emergence of genetically modified foods is generating policy reactions that are delaying the development and adoption of what promises to be a high-payoff technology, particularly for the world’s poor. These policy reactions may lead to trade disputes, in which case the way this GMO issue is addressed in the WTO’s dispute settlement body could have profound implications for poor households in developing countries.GMOs, golden rice, rice policy, WTO agreements, consumer preferences
The Political economy of agricultural price distortions/ Edit.: Kym Anderson
No full textxxiii, 439 hal.: ill, tab.; 25 cm
The Political economy of agricultural price distortions/ Edit.: Kym Anderson
No full textxxiii, 439 hal.: ill, tab.; 25 cm
Kym Anderson (ed.), The World’s Wine Markets : Globalization at Work. Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2004
No full textMoulton Kirby. Kym Anderson (ed.), The World’s Wine Markets : Globalization at Work. Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2004. In: Cahiers d'Economie et sociologie rurales, N°74, 1er trimestre 2005. Normes et marchés : le cas de la viande (XVIIIe-XXe siècles) pp. 144-145
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