Download or read book Trade Exchange Rate and Agricultural Pricing Policies in Thailand written by ʻAmmā Sayāmwālā and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thailand is still largely an agricultural country. In 1984, agricultural work was still the main source of earnings for more than 70 percent of the population. For much of the 25 year period covered by this report, government intervention in the prices of rice, maize, and natural rubber was extensive. For these products, intervention took the form of explicit export taxes and restrictive quotas. Sugar, on the other hand, was imported until 1960. For many years prior to that, government policy was to encourage growers and thus achieve self-sufficiency. One conclusion of this study is that the Thai sugar industry would have shrunk dramatically if the government had refrained from intervention. Intervention in the prices of rice and natural rubber had the effect of penalizing farm producers by reducing their output prices. There was, as a consequence a shift of resources towards Thailand's small industrial sector. In 1981, the Thai government lifted its quota restrictions, and liberalized its trade by eliminating its intervention in the maize, rice, sugar and natural rubber markets. Unfortunately for export growers, however, the gradual elimination of intervention was overshadowed by sharp declines in the world prices of Thailand's major agricultural exports.
Download or read book Trade Exchange Rate and Agricultural Pricing Policies in Malaysia written by Glenn P. Jenkins and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Malaysia, a country of approximately 16 million people which gained independence in 1957, relied heavily on trade to achieve substantial growth in GNP during the 1960s (6.7 percent per year) and 1970s (10.5 percent per year). In the period 1980-83, however, the rate slipped to 3.1% per year. Malaysia's traditional exports are natural rubber and palm oil, but in the 1970s the country also became an important exporter of crude oil. During the study period (1960-83), government intervention through the taxation of natural rubber and palm oil has made the cultivation of these two products less profitable for farmers while also reducing foreign exchange earnings. In contrast to its policies for natural rubber and palm oil, Malaysia steadily intervened in the price of rice during the study period to improve producer prices. Direct intervention in rice prices has taken the form of a guaranteed minimum price which was raised substantially in the late 1970s. Agricultural pricing policies in Malaysia have been remarkably stable over time. In return, the Malay paddy farmers have faithfully supported the moderate Malay political parties, hence, keeping the pro-development political coalition in power throughout this period.
Download or read book Trade Exchange Rate and Agricultural Pricing Policies in the Dominican Republic written by Duty D. Greene and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Political Economy of Agricultural Pricing Policy A synthesis of the political economy in developing countries written by Anne O. Krueger and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Agriculture And Trade In The Pacific written by William T Coyle and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-07 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium (lA TRC) is a group of economists from around the world who are interested in fostering research and providing a forum for the exchange of ideas relating to international trade of agricultural commodities. Each summer the lA TRC sponsors a symposium on a topic relating to trade and trade policy from which proceedings are published. For a list of past symposia and related publications, contact Laura Bipes, IA TRC Administrative Assistant, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, United States of America.
Download or read book Thailand s Macroeconomic Miracle written by Peter G. Warr and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1996 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World Bank Discussion Paper No. 345. Focuses on financial sector reforms in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, the Slovak Republic, and Slovenia and provides a detailed assessment of where each country stands relative to European Union requirements for financial sector integration. The paper reviews current trends and changes in the countries' banking systems, the development of their capital markets, and the effects of changes in their legal and regulatory systems on banking supervision.
Download or read book The Thai Economy written by Chris Dixon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1998-12-03 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume looks at the origins and consequences of the accelerated growth of the Thai economy since the mid-1980s, and explores the factors that set Thailand apart from other Asian, African and Latin American countries.
Download or read book Thailand written by and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why has public policy had only an indirect impact on Thailand¿s considerable developmentNULL This comprehensive report points to policy differences within the country¿s government. First it describes macroeconomic policies that advanced private enterprises, promoted universal education, and created productive state-owned companies. Then the report compares these policies with government interventions that--until recently--heavily favored capital-intensive industries over agriculture and labor-intensive manufacturing. Thailand¿s successful economic adjustment program is also examined. This program produced double-digit growth rates in the late 1980s by opening trade, expanding labor-intensive exports, and encouraging foreign direct investment.
Download or read book Foodgrain price stabilization in developing countries written by Nurul Islam and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 1996 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brief summary of the analytics of price stabilization; Some operational aspects of food price stabilization policies; Alternatives to price stabilization: crop insurance and futures markets; Price stabilization policy: rationale and objectives; Design and implementation of stabilization policy; Impact of stabilization policy on price variability over time and across countries; Some quantitative estimates of the benefits of stabilization; Rethinking price stabilization policy.
Download or read book The Effects of Trade and Exchange Rate Policies on Agriculture in Zaire written by Tshikala B. Tshibaka and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 1986 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research report, trade policy, exchange rate, agricultural policy, agricultural production, agriculture, Zaire since 1960 - economic policy, economic analysis, economic development, food import volume, food security, inflation, balance of payments, cash crop export volume, statistical analysis. Bibliography, graphs, statistical tables.
Download or read book Agricultural Price Distortions Inequality and Poverty written by Kym Anderson and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2010-03-17 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The prices of farm products are crucial determinants of the extent of poverty and inequality in the world. The vast majority of the world s poorest households depend to a considerable extent on farming for their incomes, while food represents a large component of the consumption of all poor households. For generations, food prices have been heavily distorted by government policies in high-income and developing countries. Many countries began to reform their agricultural price and trade policies in the 1980s, but government policy intervention is still considerable and still favors farmers in high-income countries at the expense of many farmers in developing countries. What would be the poverty and inequality consequences of the removal of the remaining distortions to agricultural incentives? This question is of great relevance to governments in evaluating ways to engage in multilateral and regional trade negotiations or to improve their own policies unilaterally. 'Agricultural Price Distortions, Inequality, and Poverty' analyzes the effects of agricultural and trade policies around the world on national and regional economic welfare, on income inequality among and within countries, and on the level and incidence of poverty in developing countries. The studies include economy-wide analyses of the inequality and poverty effects of own-country policies compared with rest-of-the-world policies for 10 individual developing countries in three continents. This book also includes three chapters that each use a separate global economic model to examine the effects of policies on aggregate poverty and the distribution of poverty across many identified developing countries. This study is motivated by two policy issues: first, the World Trade Organization s struggle to conclude the Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations, in which agricultural policy reform is, again, one of the most contentious topics in the talks and, second, the struggle of the developing countries to achieve their Millennium Development Goals by 2015 notably the alleviation of hunger and poverty which depends crucially on policies that affect agricultural incentives.
Download or read book The Rise of Asia written by Prema-chandra Athukorala and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-07-12 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rise of Asia examines emerging trends and patterns of foreign trade and investment in Asia with a view to contributing to the policy debate on how development strategies should be adopted in response to challenges to economic globalization. The existing body of knowledge in this subject area has predominantly been shaped by the experiences of the newly industrialized countries (NICs) in East Asia. This volume is inspired by the conviction that generalization from the NIC experience is hazardous because the on-going process of economic globalization over the past two decades has dramatically transformed the international context of national development policy making. Moreover, as ‘embracing market’, albeit at varying degree and rapidly, has now become an Asia-wide phenomenon, it is vital to look at the issues from a broader relational perspective, paying attention to opportunities for intra-regional division of labour within the wider context of global economic integration. This book will be of interest to students and scholars with an interest in Asian studies, economics, political economy and globalization.
Download or read book Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Asia written by Kym Anderson and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2009-02-04 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The vast majority of the world's poorest households depend on farming for their livelihoods. During the 1960s and 1970s, most developing countries imposed pro-urban and anti-agricultural policies, while many high-income countries restricted agricultural imports and subsidized their farmers. Both sets of policies inhibited economic growth and poverty alleviation in developing countries. Although progress has been made over the past two decades to reduce those policy biases, many trade- and welfare-reducing price distortions remain between agriculture and other sectors and within the agricultural sector of both rich and poor countries. 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 had 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 (other volumes cover Africa, Europe's transition economices, and Latin America and the Caribbean) that not only fills that void for recent years but extends the estimates in a consistent and comparable way back in time and provides analytical narratives for scores of countries that shed light on the evolving nature and extent of policy interventions over the past half-century. 'Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Asia' provides an overview of the evolution of distortions to agricultural incentives caused by price and trade policies in the 12 largest economies of East and South Asia. Together these countries constitute more than 95 percent of the region's population, agricultural output, and overall GDP. Sectoral, trade, and exchange rate policies in the region have changed greatly since the 1950s, and there have been substantial reforms since the 1980s, most notably in China and India. Nonetheless, numerous price distortions in this region remain and others have added in recent years. The new empirical indicators in these country studies provide a strong evidence-based foundation for assessing the successes and failures of the past and for evaluating policy options for the years ahead.
Download or read book Economic Crisis and Third World Agriculture written by Ajit Singh and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1993-10-21 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the effects of world economic crisis on agrarian development at a regional and global level.
Download or read book The Institutional Imperative written by Erik Kuhonta and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2011-08-18 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a comparative-historical study of the politics of equitable development in Southeast Asia and the role of political institutions in addressing structural inequalities.
Download or read book Bibliography of Agriculture written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 1120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Agricultural Price Policy for Developing Countries written by John Williams Mellor and published by International Food Policy Research Insitute. This book was released on 1988 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The international environment for national price policies; Domestic market intervention; Production response, technology, and commercialization; Consumers' welfare.
