Download or read book The Brazilian Wheat Policy written by Geraldo M. Calegar and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 1988-01-01 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brazilian wheat policy; analysis of the aggregate effects of wheat policy on producers and consumers; distribution of benefits by farm size and income; appendix 1: supplementary tables. Appendix 2: a simple model for analysing the effects of shifting the subidy from wheat to rice appendix 3: alternative consumption policies - model and some rsults.
Download or read book Costs Benefits and Food Consumption Impact of the Brazilian Wheat Policy written by G. M. Calegar and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Brazilian Wheat Policy written by Geraldo M. Calegar and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Brazilian Wheat Policy and Its Income Distribution and Trade Effects written by Geraldo M. Calegar and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Agriculture in the GATT written by Joachim Zietz and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 1988 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agriculture in the GATT: an overview; Criteria for evaluating trade reform proposals; The theoretical consequences of changing certain GATT provisions; Outline of a trade reform package.
Download or read book Agriculture and Economic Growth in Argentina 1913 84 written by Yair Mundlak and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The noted economist Yair Mundlak presents here a theory of the growth of the agricultural sector within the context of a growing economy. He explores the various aspects of the dynamics of agriculture and their relationship to the dynamics of the economy at large, offering a unique blend of theory, methodology, and empirical analysis. The rate of agricultural growth has varied across countries and over time, even though the main innovations in agricultural technology have been made available to all countries. Consequently, the difference in performance is due to the use made of the available technology. Mundlak treats the implementation of technology as an economic decision similar to decisions about resource supply and allocation. The development of agriculture, like that of other sectors, is determined to a large degree by the economic environment, especially public policies. This framework permits the author to evaluate the effects of policies on growth by examining their effects on sectoral incentives. Mundlak shows that neutral macroeconomic policies may have a stronger effect on sectoral growth than sector-specific policies. The book contains problem sets, and will be a reference and text for graduate-level courses.
Download or read book Labor in the Rural Household Economy of the Zairian Basin written by Tshikala B. Tshibaka and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 1992 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a survey of 132 households in three rural areas conducted in 1982 and 1983.
Download or read book Drought and Famine Relationships in Sudan written by Tesfaye Teklu and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Famine debate, conceptual framework, and study approach; Record of drought and household-level consequences in western Sudan; Drought-production relationships; Prices and market disconnections during famines; Implications of drought and famine for consumption and nutrition; Past policies and programs for coping with drought and famine; Policy conclusions.
Download or read book Production and Consumption of Foodgrains in India written by J. S. Sarma and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 1990 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trends and changes in foodgrain production; Input use and production behavior; Trends and changes in per capita consumption of foodgrains; Scenarios for the year 2000.
Download or read book Growth in Japan s Horticultural Trade with Developing Countries written by Masayoshi Honma and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 1991 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Overview of Japan's horticultural imports; A model of import demand for trade flows; Empirical results; Accounting for import growth; Japan's policy and domestic distribution; International transportation and price determination.
Download or read book Publications of the International Agricultural Research and Development Centers written by and published by Int. Rice Res. Inst.. This book was released on 1990 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Coping with Austerity written by Nora Claudia Lustig and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2010-12-01 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concern about the pervasiveness of poverty and income inequality in Latin America goes beyond the issue of social justice. The persistence of mass poverty and inequality pits different social groups against one another and leads to a polarization that makes consistent economic policy formation difficult. National productivity may also suffer in economies with poorly educated workforces lacking adequate health care. Statistics on poverty and inequality in Latin America are rudimentary and often conflicting. Yet it is known that poverty became more widespread in the region during the last decade as it experienced economic decline. About 180 million people, or two out of every five in the area, are now living in poverty—some 50 million more than in 1980. It is also known that income and wealth are far more unequally distributed in Latin America than in most other developing regions. This book provides a much-needed assessment of how poverty, inequality, and social indicators have fared in several Latin American countries over the past decade. Experts from Latin America and the U.S. focus attention on the extent of poverty and inequality and how they have been affected by the debt crisis and adjustment of the 1980s. They explain that issues of poverty and inequality were neglected as governments in Latin America struggled to restore stability and growth to their economies. Social sector spending declined sharply, affecting both the quality and quantity of services provided. The contributors examine how poverty and inequality are—or are not—being addressed in each country. They also explore the viability of alternative approaches to combating poverty and reducing inequality. They explain that virtually no one denies that governments must take a leading role in the provision of health, education, and other social services. Yet there are sharp debates--over the compatibility of social spending with economic adjustment and stabilization; the priority of social expenditures in relation to other governmental spending; the allocation of funds among different social programs; who should, and should not, benefit; and who should pay the costs. They show that the poor and middle sectors had to pay dearly because their governments, the international community, and the families themselves were not prepared to deal with austerity. The book contains eleven chapters by contributors from universities and research institutions in the U.S. and Latin America, as well as from international financial organizations. It is the result of a project cosponsored by Inter-American Dialogue.
Download or read book Statistical Reference Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Development Economics written by Julie Schaffner and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-10-07 with total page 695 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Development Economics: Theory, Empirical Research, and Policy Analysis by Julie Schaffner teaches students to think about development in a way that is disciplined by economic theory, informed by cutting-edge empirical research, and connected in a practical way to contemporary development efforts. It lays out a framework for the study of developing economies that is built on microeconomic foundations and that highlights the importance in development studies of transaction and transportation costs, risk, information problems, institutional rules and norms, and insights from behavioral economics. It then presents a systematic approach to policy analysis and applies the approach to policies from around the world, in the areas of targeted transfers, workfare, agricultural markets, infrastructure, education, agricultural technology, microfinance, and health.
Download or read book Agricultural and Rural Development Policy in Latin America written by Alain De Janvry and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 1997 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study analyzes the significance of new economic context in Latin America and the Caribbean for the design of policies for the agricultural sector. In addition, it analyzes and assesses recent trends in agricultural development policy in Latin America, to identify and synthesize new policy directions, and to highlight emerging challenges and avenues for policy innovation. The main conclusion of the study is that Latin American agricultural and rural development policy is at a turning point that will require bold new initiatives to improve the production performance of agriculture, reduce rural poverty, protect the natural resource base of the sector and ensure the political sustainability of economic growth. This will require a pro-active set of interventions designed at restoring the specificity of sectoral agricultural policy while maintaining consistency with the macro reforms.--Publisher's description.
Download or read book A Survey of Agricultural Economics Literature written by Lee R. Martin and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1977 with total page 1073 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Administering Targeted Social Programs in Latin America written by Margaret E. Grosh and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global Environment Facility Working Paper 8. Describes the five key research areas to be addressed by the Program for Measuring Incremental Costs for the Environment (PRINCE). This paper outlines incremental cost concepts, operational interpretations, national climate change studies, country studies on ozone protection, and transaction costs. It also develops a broad interpretation of incremental cost that can be used across the range of issues covered by the Global Environment Facility (GEF). Those issues include global warming, pollution of international waters, destruction of biodiversity, and ozone depletion. This is one of five GEF Working Papers to explore the PRINCE program and is co-published with the United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Environment Programme.
