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NEP - New Economics Papers
Issue: nep-agr-2003-07-29 - II (22 Papers)
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NEP report on Agricultural Economics
Edited by Angelo Zago (angelo.zago@univr.it)
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In this issue:
*( 23 ) Seductions of an Underdevelopment Trap: Systemic Impediments to
Agricultural Reform in Russia
Amelina, Maria & Gershenson, Dmitry
*( 24 ) Reducing Agricultural Tariffs versus Domestic Support: What's
More Important for Developing Countries?
Bernard Hoekman & Francis Ng & Marcelo Olarreaga
*( 25 ) Sending Farmers Back to School: The Impact of Farmer Field
Schools in Indonesia
Gershon Feder & Rinku Murgai & Jaime Quizon
*( 26 ) Land Sales and Rental Markets in Transition: Evidence from Rural
Vietnam
Klaus Deininger & Songqing Jin
*( 27 ) Agriculture in the Doha Agenda
Patrick Messerlin
*( 28 ) Commodity Market Reform in Africa: Some Recent Experience
John Baffes & Panos Varangis & Takamasa Akiyama & Donald F.
Larson
*( 29 ) Dealing with the Coffee Crisis in Central America: Impacts and
Strategies
Panos Varangis & Paul Siegel & Daniele Giovannucci & Bryan Lewin
*( 30 ) Market and Nonmarket Transfers of Land in Ethiopia: Implications
for Efficiency, Equity, and Nonfarm Development
Berhanu Adenew & Klaus Deininger & Mulat Demeke & Samuel Gebre-
Selassie & Songqing Jin
*( 31 ) Tenure Security and Land-Related Investment: Evidence from
Ethiopia
Berhanu Adenew & Klaus Deininger & Samuel Gebre-Selassie &
Songqing Jin & Berhanu Nega
*( 32 ) Rural Extension Services
Jock R. Anderson & Gershon Feder
*( 33 ) Land Allocation in Vietnam?s Agrarian Transition
Martin Ravallion & Dominique van de Walle
*( 34 ) The Demand for Commodity Insurance by Developing Country
Agricultural Producers: Theory and an Application to
Cocoa in Ghana
Alexander Sarris
*( 35 ) Examining the Feasibility of Livestock Insurance in Mongolia
Ayurzana Enkh-Amgalan & Jerry R. Skees
*( 36 ) To Spray or Not to Spray? Pesticides, Banana Exports, and Food
Safety
Tsunehiro Otsuki & John S. Wilson
*( 37 ) Liberalizing Trade in Agriculture: Developing Countries in Asia
and the Post-Doha Agenda
John S. Wilson
*( 38 ) Determinants of Agricultural Growth in Indonesia, the
Philippines, and Thailand
Rita Butzer & Yair Mundlak & Donald F. Larson
*( 39 ) Land Policies and Evolving Farm Structures in Transition
Countries
Csaba Csaki & Gershon Feder & Zvi Lerman
*( 40 ) Agricultural Markets and Risks: Management of the Latter, Not the
Former
Jock R. Anderson & Panos Varangis
*( 41) Agricultural Intensification and Biodiversity Loss: Is There and
Agri-EKC?
A Omer & U Pascual & N Russell
*( 42 ) Does Loss in Biodiversity Compromise Productivity in Intensive
Agriculture?
U Pascual & N P Russell & A A Omer
*( 43) Integrated Policy Options for Land Conservation and Rural Poverty
Alleviation: A System-Dynamics Approach
U Pascual & R Martinez-Espineira
*( 44 ) Russian agricultural credit and subsidy policies in the early
1990s
Douglas Galbi
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*(23)
Seductions of an Underdevelopment Trap: Systemic Impediments to
Agricultural Reform in Russia
Amelina, Maria ; Gershenson, Dmitry
Abstract: Despite ambitious agricultural reforms initiated by the federal
government, inefficient and unprofitable producers predominate in
post-Soviet Russia. However, in some regions a more robust
restructuring has taken place. Observing two Russian regions-one with
substantially restructured agricultural production, and one in which
Soviet-style coordination predominates-we develop a model of the
interactions between political and economic incentives that lead to
these divergent outcomes. The model identifies region- and sector-
specific characteristics that encourage some regional governments to
maintain Soviet-style redistribution structures and make producers
forsake more efficient outcomes as more costly, while encouraging
other regions to pursue reform.
Downloads:
http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:imf:imfwpa:02126&r=eff
IMF Working Papers / International Monetary Fund
*(24)
Reducing Agricultural Tariffs versus Domestic Support: What's
More Important for Developing Countries?
Bernard Hoekman ; Francis Ng ; Marcelo Olarreaga
Abstract:
Downloads:
http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wop:wobaie:2918&r=eff
Working Papers -- International Economics. Trade, capital flows. / World
Bank
*(25)
Sending Farmers Back to School: The Impact of Farmer Field
Schools in Indonesia
Gershon Feder ; Rinku Murgai ; Jaime Quizon
Abstract:
Downloads:
http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wop:wobaac:3022&r=eff
Working Papers -- Agriculture. Land, commodity prices, markets. / World Bank
*(26)
Land Sales and Rental Markets in Transition: Evidence from Rural
Vietnam
Klaus Deininger ; Songqing Jin
Abstract:
Downloads:
http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wop:wobaac:3013&r=eff
Working Papers -- Agriculture. Land, commodity prices, markets. / World Bank
*(27)
Agriculture in the Doha Agenda
Patrick Messerlin
Abstract:
Downloads:
http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wop:wobaac:3009&r=eff
Working Papers -- Agriculture. Land, commodity prices, markets. / World Bank
*(28)
Commodity Market Reform in Africa: Some Recent Experience
John Baffes ; Panos Varangis ; Takamasa Akiyama ; Donald
F. Larson
Abstract:
Downloads:
http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wop:wobaac:2995&r=eff
Working Papers -- Agriculture. Land, commodity prices, markets. / World Bank
*(29)
Dealing with the Coffee Crisis in Central America: Impacts and
Strategies
Panos Varangis ; Paul Siegel ; Daniele Giovannucci ; Bryan
Lewin
Abstract:
Downloads:
http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wop:wobaac:2993&r=eff
Working Papers -- Agriculture. Land, commodity prices, markets. / World Bank
*(30)
Market and Nonmarket Transfers of Land in Ethiopia: Implications
for Efficiency, Equity, and Nonfarm Development
Berhanu Adenew ; Klaus Deininger ; Mulat Demeke ; Samuel
Gebre-Selassie ; Songqing Jin
Abstract:
Downloads:
http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wop:wobaac:2992&r=eff
Working Papers -- Agriculture. Land, commodity prices, markets. / World Bank
*(31)
Tenure Security and Land-Related Investment: Evidence from
Ethiopia
Berhanu Adenew ; Klaus Deininger ; Samuel Gebre-Selassie ;
Songqing Jin ; Berhanu Nega
Abstract:
Downloads:
http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wop:wobaac:2991&r=eff
Working Papers -- Agriculture. Land, commodity prices, markets. / World Bank
*(32)
Rural Extension Services
Jock R. Anderson ; Gershon Feder
Abstract:
Downloads:
http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wop:wobaac:2976&r=eff
Working Papers -- Agriculture. Land, commodity prices, markets. / World Bank
*(33)
Land Allocation in Vietnam?s Agrarian Transition
Martin Ravallion ; Dominique van de Walle
Abstract:
Downloads:
http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wop:wobaac:2951&r=eff
Working Papers -- Agriculture. Land, commodity prices, markets. / World Bank
*(34)
The Demand for Commodity Insurance by Developing Country
Agricultural Producers: Theory and an Application to Cocoa in
Ghana
Alexander Sarris
Abstract:
Downloads:
http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wop:wobaac:2887&r=eff
Working Papers -- Agriculture. Land, commodity prices, markets. / World Bank
*(35)
Examining the Feasibility of Livestock Insurance in Mongolia
Ayurzana Enkh-Amgalan ; Jerry R. Skees
Abstract:
Downloads:
http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wop:wobaac:2886&r=eff
Working Papers -- Agriculture. Land, commodity prices, markets. / World Bank
*(36)
To Spray or Not to Spray? Pesticides, Banana Exports, and Food
Safety
Tsunehiro Otsuki ; John S. Wilson
Abstract: included statements on standards and their impact on market
access for developing countries. These issues will continue to be
important in trade policy dialogues. It is assumed-and evidence from
recent analysis confirms-that food safety standards can affect the
ability of agricultural producers to meet regulatory standards set by
importing countries. Wilson and Otsuki explore a fundamental question
in food safety and environmental standards: Do regulations on
pesticide have an effect on trade? The authors examine regulatory
data from 11 OECD importing countries and trade data from 19
exporting countries. The results suggest that a 10 percent increase
in regulatory stringency-tighter restrictions on the pesticide
chlorpyrifos-leads to a decrease in banana imports by 14.8 percent.
This represents a significant impact on trade and affect prospects of
developing countries who continue to rely on exports of agricultural
commodities, such as bananas. The findings also suggest that the lack
of consensus on international standards and divergent national
regulations on pesticides is costly. For example, the authors
estimate that if the world were to adopt a standard at a level of
regulatory stringency suggested by Codex (the body charged with
setting global standards in this area), in contrast with one set at
the level in place in the European Union, there would be a US$5.3
billion loss in world exports.
Downloads:
http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wop:wobaac:2805&r=eff
Working Papers -- Agriculture. Land, commodity prices, markets. / World Bank
*(37)
Liberalizing Trade in Agriculture: Developing Countries in Asia
and the Post-Doha Agenda
John S. Wilson
Abstract: He examines country performance in agricultural trade, income
levels, and population characteristics, with a focus on developing
country members of the Asian Development Bank. The author concludes
that trends in agricultural trade in the past 10 years are quite
heterogeneous across developing regions. Shares of agriculture in GDP
are still high in the East Asia and Pacific and South Asia regions.
Moreover, data indicate that trade reform in export partners,
particularly OECD countries, will affect a significant share of the
population in these developing countries, resulting in rural poverty
alleviation. Trade liberalization is expected to benefit net exporter
countries, particularly those that are highly open to trade. What is
also important, but often neglected, is a country?s pattern of
specialization between domestic supply and exports. The impact of
trade reform through the WTO negotiations, particularly reforms
undertaken in exporting partners can therefore have important
implications in the post-Doha development agenda.
Downloads:
http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wop:wobaac:2804&r=eff
Working Papers -- Agriculture. Land, commodity prices, markets. / World Bank
*(38)
Determinants of Agricultural Growth in Indonesia, the
Philippines, and Thailand
Rita Butzer ; Yair Mundlak ; Donald F. Larson
Abstract:
Downloads:
http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wop:wobaac:2803&r=eff
Working Papers -- Agriculture. Land, commodity prices, markets. / World Bank
*(39)
Land Policies and Evolving Farm Structures in Transition
Countries
Csaba Csaki ; Gershon Feder ; Zvi Lerman
Abstract:
Downloads:
http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wop:wobaac:2794&r=eff
Working Papers -- Agriculture. Land, commodity prices, markets. / World Bank
*(40)
Agricultural Markets and Risks: Management of the Latter, Not the
Former
Jock R. Anderson ; Panos Varangis
Abstract:
Downloads:
http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wop:wobaac:2793&r=eff
Working Papers -- Agriculture. Land, commodity prices, markets. / World Bank
*(41)
Agricultural Intensification and Biodiversity Loss: Is There and
Agri-EKC?
A Omer ; U Pascual ; N Russell
Abstract:
Downloads:
http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:man:sespap:0317&r=eff
The School of Economics Discussion Paper Series / School of Economics,
The University of Manchester
*(42)
Does Loss in Biodiversity Compromise Productivity in Intensive
Agriculture?
U Pascual ; N P Russell ; A A Omer
Abstract:
Downloads:
http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:man:sespap:0322&r=eff
The School of Economics Discussion Paper Series / School of Economics,
The University of Manchester
*(43)
Integrated Policy Options for Land Conservation and Rural Poverty
Alleviation: A System-Dynamics Approach
U Pascual ; R Martinez-Espineira
Abstract:
Downloads:
http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:man:sespap:0323&r=eff
The School of Economics Discussion Paper Series / School of Economics,
The University of Manchester
*(44)
Russian agricultural credit and subsidy policies in the early
1990s
Douglas Galbi (FCC)
Abstract: In high income countries, the agricultural sector, like the
telecommunications sector, includes well established interests and
complex government subsidy and credit policies. Reform in the
telecommunications sector greatly affects the leading edge of the
economy, and thus job creation, income growth, and technological
development. The agricultural sector is typically much less
important. Even very bad agricultural policies have not prevented
considerable macroeconomic success. In light of real policy
alternatives, the most important aspect of agricultural policy today
may be the lessons it offers for telecommunications policy. The
Russian Federation provides an important example of an attempt to
change dramatically agricultural policy. The first section considers
the role of government subsidies in the effort to promote private
farms. The second considers the impact of state procurement and state
procurement subsidies on the development of marketing and
distribution channels. The third section looks at subsidies that
cover part of the cost of agricultural inputs. The final section
examines general producer subsidies and their relationship to
agricultural output adjustment. Overall, the attempts to support
agriculture through subsidies and credits have limited rural
development and contributed to weak, inefficient agriculture. Credits
for individual farmers have not been structured to promote the
success of efficient farmers. Input and procurement subsidies have
strengthened the privileged position of enterprises with connections
to the government, and producer subsidies have encouraged high-cost
producers who can claim a more pressing need for additional funds.
Such outcomes are not unexpected or distinctive to Russia. They are
consistent with outcomes observed in a considerable body of world-
wide experience.
JEL Codes: N5 H2 K2 L5
Keywords: agriculture, credit, subsidies, Russia, Russian Federation
Downloads:
http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wpa:wuwppe:0306004&r=eff
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