Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in China and Southeast Asia

This chapter begins with a brief summary of economic growth and structural changes in the region since the 1950s and of agricultural and other economic policies as they affected agriculture before and after the various reforms, and in several cases fundamental regime changes, of the past half-century. It then summarizes new estimates of the nominal rate of assistance (NRA) and the relative rate of assistance (RRA) to farmers delivered by national farm and nonfarm policies over the past several decades (depending on data availability), and of those policies' impacts on consumer prices of farm products. Both farmer assistance and consumer taxation is negative in periods where there is an anti-agricultural, pro-urban consumer bias in a country's policy regime. The final sections summarize what the author have learned and draw out implications of the findings, including for poverty and inequality and for possible future directions of policies affecting agricultural incentives in this part of Asia.

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Main Authors: Anderson, Kym, Martin, Will
Format: Working Paper biblioteca
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2008-09
Subjects:AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, AGRICULTURAL GROWTH, AGRICULTURAL POLICIES, AGRICULTURAL POLICY, AGRICULTURAL PRICE, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, AGRICULTURE, BALANCE SHEETS, BEEF, CASSAVA, COCOA, COMMODITIES, COMMODITY, COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE, COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES, COMPETITIVENESS, CONSUMER PRICE, CONSUMER PRICES, CONSUMERS, CROP PRODUCTS, CROPS, CURRENCY, DATA AVAILABILITY, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPING COUNTRY, DEVELOPING ECONOMIES, DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES, DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, DOLLAR VALUE, DOLLAR VALUES, DOMESTIC ECONOMY, DOMESTIC MARKETS, DOMESTIC PRICES, ECONOMIC COOPERATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC REFORMS, EXCHANGE RATE, EXCHANGE RATES, EXPENDITURE, EXPENDITURES, EXPORTS, FARM POLICIES, FARMERS, FARMS, FINANCIAL CRISIS, FOOD EXPORT, FOOD IMPORTS, FOOD MARKETS, FOOD POLICIES, FOOD POLICY, FOOD POLICY RESEARCH, FOOD PRICES, FOOD PRODUCT, FOOD PRODUCTS, FOOD STAPLES, FOREIGN EXCHANGE, FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET, FREE MARKETS, FRUITS, GDP, GDP DEFLATOR, GDP PER CAPITA, GINI COEFFICIENT, GLOBAL EXPORTS, GLOBAL MARKET, GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION, GRAINS, GROSS VALUE, IFPRI, INCOME, INDUSTRIALIZATION, INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INTERNATIONAL MARKET, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, ITC, LAISSEZ FAIRE, LDCS, LEGAL CONSTRAINTS, LIVESTOCK, LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS, LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES, MAIZE, MARKET ECONOMIES, MARKETPLACE, MERCHANDISE, MERCHANDISE EXPORTS, MERCHANDISE TRADE, MULTILATERAL TRADE, NET EXPORTS, OPEN ECONOMY, OUTPUT, OUTPUTS, PALM OIL, PER CAPITA INCOME, PER CAPITA INCOMES, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, PRICE COMPARISON, PRICE COMPARISONS, PRICE DISTORTIONS, PRICE POLICIES, PRICING POLICY, PRODUCER PRICE, PRODUCER PRICES, PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH, PUBLIC GOOD, R&D, RAPID GROWTH, REAL GDP, REFORM PROGRAMS, REGIME CHANGES, RETAIL, RICE, RUBBER, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE, SKILLED WORKERS, SOYBEAN, SPREAD, STAPLE FOODS, SUGAR, TAX, TAXATION, TEA, TEXTILES, THIN MARKET, TRADE BARRIERS, TRADE LIBERALIZATION, TRADE NEGOTIATIONS, TRADE POLICIES, TRADE POLICY, TRADE TAXES, TRANSITION ECONOMIES, URUGUAY ROUND, VOLATILITY, WHEAT, WOOD, WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS, WORLD ECONOMY, WORLD TRADE, WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION, WTO,
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spelling dig-okr-10986281872024-08-08T16:01:15Z Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in China and Southeast Asia Anderson, Kym Martin, Will AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL POLICIES AGRICULTURAL POLICY AGRICULTURAL PRICE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURE BALANCE SHEETS BEEF CASSAVA COCOA COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMER PRICE CONSUMER PRICES CONSUMERS CROP PRODUCTS CROPS CURRENCY DATA AVAILABILITY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPING ECONOMIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DOLLAR VALUE DOLLAR VALUES DOMESTIC ECONOMY DOMESTIC MARKETS DOMESTIC PRICES ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC REFORMS EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES EXPORTS FARM POLICIES FARMERS FARMS FINANCIAL CRISIS FOOD EXPORT FOOD IMPORTS FOOD MARKETS FOOD POLICIES FOOD POLICY FOOD POLICY RESEARCH FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCT FOOD PRODUCTS FOOD STAPLES FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET FREE MARKETS FRUITS GDP GDP DEFLATOR GDP PER CAPITA GINI COEFFICIENT GLOBAL EXPORTS GLOBAL MARKET GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION GRAINS GROSS VALUE IFPRI INCOME INDUSTRIALIZATION INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL MARKET INTERNATIONAL TRADE ITC LAISSEZ FAIRE LDCS LEGAL CONSTRAINTS LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MAIZE MARKET ECONOMIES MARKETPLACE MERCHANDISE MERCHANDISE EXPORTS MERCHANDISE TRADE MULTILATERAL TRADE NET EXPORTS OPEN ECONOMY OUTPUT OUTPUTS PALM OIL PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOMES POLITICAL ECONOMY POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRICE COMPARISON PRICE COMPARISONS PRICE DISTORTIONS PRICE POLICIES PRICING POLICY PRODUCER PRICE PRODUCER PRICES PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PUBLIC GOOD R&D RAPID GROWTH REAL GDP REFORM PROGRAMS REGIME CHANGES RETAIL RICE RUBBER RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE SKILLED WORKERS SOYBEAN SPREAD STAPLE FOODS SUGAR TAX TAXATION TEA TEXTILES THIN MARKET TRADE BARRIERS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE NEGOTIATIONS TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY TRADE TAXES TRANSITION ECONOMIES URUGUAY ROUND VOLATILITY WHEAT WOOD WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS WORLD ECONOMY WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO This chapter begins with a brief summary of economic growth and structural changes in the region since the 1950s and of agricultural and other economic policies as they affected agriculture before and after the various reforms, and in several cases fundamental regime changes, of the past half-century. It then summarizes new estimates of the nominal rate of assistance (NRA) and the relative rate of assistance (RRA) to farmers delivered by national farm and nonfarm policies over the past several decades (depending on data availability), and of those policies' impacts on consumer prices of farm products. Both farmer assistance and consumer taxation is negative in periods where there is an anti-agricultural, pro-urban consumer bias in a country's policy regime. The final sections summarize what the author have learned and draw out implications of the findings, including for poverty and inequality and for possible future directions of policies affecting agricultural incentives in this part of Asia. 2017-09-07T19:16:41Z 2017-09-07T19:16:41Z 2008-09 Working Paper Document de travail Documento de trabajo http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/614361468011123094/Distortions-to-agricultural-incentives-in-China-and-Southeast-Asia https://hdl.handle.net/10986/28187 English en_US Agricultural Distortions Working Paper;69 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank application/pdf text/plain World Bank, Washington, DC
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topic AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
AGRICULTURAL GROWTH
AGRICULTURAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURAL POLICY
AGRICULTURAL PRICE
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
AGRICULTURE
BALANCE SHEETS
BEEF
CASSAVA
COCOA
COMMODITIES
COMMODITY
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES
COMPETITIVENESS
CONSUMER PRICE
CONSUMER PRICES
CONSUMERS
CROP PRODUCTS
CROPS
CURRENCY
DATA AVAILABILITY
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
DOLLAR VALUE
DOLLAR VALUES
DOMESTIC ECONOMY
DOMESTIC MARKETS
DOMESTIC PRICES
ECONOMIC COOPERATION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC REFORMS
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPENDITURE
EXPENDITURES
EXPORTS
FARM POLICIES
FARMERS
FARMS
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FOOD EXPORT
FOOD IMPORTS
FOOD MARKETS
FOOD POLICIES
FOOD POLICY
FOOD POLICY RESEARCH
FOOD PRICES
FOOD PRODUCT
FOOD PRODUCTS
FOOD STAPLES
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET
FREE MARKETS
FRUITS
GDP
GDP DEFLATOR
GDP PER CAPITA
GINI COEFFICIENT
GLOBAL EXPORTS
GLOBAL MARKET
GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION
GRAINS
GROSS VALUE
IFPRI
INCOME
INDUSTRIALIZATION
INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
INTERNATIONAL MARKET
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
ITC
LAISSEZ FAIRE
LDCS
LEGAL CONSTRAINTS
LIVESTOCK
LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MAIZE
MARKET ECONOMIES
MARKETPLACE
MERCHANDISE
MERCHANDISE EXPORTS
MERCHANDISE TRADE
MULTILATERAL TRADE
NET EXPORTS
OPEN ECONOMY
OUTPUT
OUTPUTS
PALM OIL
PER CAPITA INCOME
PER CAPITA INCOMES
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
PRICE COMPARISON
PRICE COMPARISONS
PRICE DISTORTIONS
PRICE POLICIES
PRICING POLICY
PRODUCER PRICE
PRODUCER PRICES
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PUBLIC GOOD
R&D
RAPID GROWTH
REAL GDP
REFORM PROGRAMS
REGIME CHANGES
RETAIL
RICE
RUBBER
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE
SKILLED WORKERS
SOYBEAN
SPREAD
STAPLE FOODS
SUGAR
TAX
TAXATION
TEA
TEXTILES
THIN MARKET
TRADE BARRIERS
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
TRADE POLICIES
TRADE POLICY
TRADE TAXES
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
URUGUAY ROUND
VOLATILITY
WHEAT
WOOD
WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
WORLD ECONOMY
WORLD TRADE
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
WTO
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
AGRICULTURAL GROWTH
AGRICULTURAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURAL POLICY
AGRICULTURAL PRICE
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
AGRICULTURE
BALANCE SHEETS
BEEF
CASSAVA
COCOA
COMMODITIES
COMMODITY
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES
COMPETITIVENESS
CONSUMER PRICE
CONSUMER PRICES
CONSUMERS
CROP PRODUCTS
CROPS
CURRENCY
DATA AVAILABILITY
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
DOLLAR VALUE
DOLLAR VALUES
DOMESTIC ECONOMY
DOMESTIC MARKETS
DOMESTIC PRICES
ECONOMIC COOPERATION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC REFORMS
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPENDITURE
EXPENDITURES
EXPORTS
FARM POLICIES
FARMERS
FARMS
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FOOD EXPORT
FOOD IMPORTS
FOOD MARKETS
FOOD POLICIES
FOOD POLICY
FOOD POLICY RESEARCH
FOOD PRICES
FOOD PRODUCT
FOOD PRODUCTS
FOOD STAPLES
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET
FREE MARKETS
FRUITS
GDP
GDP DEFLATOR
GDP PER CAPITA
GINI COEFFICIENT
GLOBAL EXPORTS
GLOBAL MARKET
GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION
GRAINS
GROSS VALUE
IFPRI
INCOME
INDUSTRIALIZATION
INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
INTERNATIONAL MARKET
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
ITC
LAISSEZ FAIRE
LDCS
LEGAL CONSTRAINTS
LIVESTOCK
LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MAIZE
MARKET ECONOMIES
MARKETPLACE
MERCHANDISE
MERCHANDISE EXPORTS
MERCHANDISE TRADE
MULTILATERAL TRADE
NET EXPORTS
OPEN ECONOMY
OUTPUT
OUTPUTS
PALM OIL
PER CAPITA INCOME
PER CAPITA INCOMES
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
PRICE COMPARISON
PRICE COMPARISONS
PRICE DISTORTIONS
PRICE POLICIES
PRICING POLICY
PRODUCER PRICE
PRODUCER PRICES
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PUBLIC GOOD
R&D
RAPID GROWTH
REAL GDP
REFORM PROGRAMS
REGIME CHANGES
RETAIL
RICE
RUBBER
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE
SKILLED WORKERS
SOYBEAN
SPREAD
STAPLE FOODS
SUGAR
TAX
TAXATION
TEA
TEXTILES
THIN MARKET
TRADE BARRIERS
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
TRADE POLICIES
TRADE POLICY
TRADE TAXES
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
URUGUAY ROUND
VOLATILITY
WHEAT
WOOD
WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
WORLD ECONOMY
WORLD TRADE
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
WTO
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AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
AGRICULTURAL GROWTH
AGRICULTURAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURAL POLICY
AGRICULTURAL PRICE
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
AGRICULTURE
BALANCE SHEETS
BEEF
CASSAVA
COCOA
COMMODITIES
COMMODITY
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES
COMPETITIVENESS
CONSUMER PRICE
CONSUMER PRICES
CONSUMERS
CROP PRODUCTS
CROPS
CURRENCY
DATA AVAILABILITY
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
DOLLAR VALUE
DOLLAR VALUES
DOMESTIC ECONOMY
DOMESTIC MARKETS
DOMESTIC PRICES
ECONOMIC COOPERATION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC REFORMS
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPENDITURE
EXPENDITURES
EXPORTS
FARM POLICIES
FARMERS
FARMS
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FOOD EXPORT
FOOD IMPORTS
FOOD MARKETS
FOOD POLICIES
FOOD POLICY
FOOD POLICY RESEARCH
FOOD PRICES
FOOD PRODUCT
FOOD PRODUCTS
FOOD STAPLES
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET
FREE MARKETS
FRUITS
GDP
GDP DEFLATOR
GDP PER CAPITA
GINI COEFFICIENT
GLOBAL EXPORTS
GLOBAL MARKET
GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION
GRAINS
GROSS VALUE
IFPRI
INCOME
INDUSTRIALIZATION
INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
INTERNATIONAL MARKET
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
ITC
LAISSEZ FAIRE
LDCS
LEGAL CONSTRAINTS
LIVESTOCK
LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MAIZE
MARKET ECONOMIES
MARKETPLACE
MERCHANDISE
MERCHANDISE EXPORTS
MERCHANDISE TRADE
MULTILATERAL TRADE
NET EXPORTS
OPEN ECONOMY
OUTPUT
OUTPUTS
PALM OIL
PER CAPITA INCOME
PER CAPITA INCOMES
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
PRICE COMPARISON
PRICE COMPARISONS
PRICE DISTORTIONS
PRICE POLICIES
PRICING POLICY
PRODUCER PRICE
PRODUCER PRICES
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PUBLIC GOOD
R&D
RAPID GROWTH
REAL GDP
REFORM PROGRAMS
REGIME CHANGES
RETAIL
RICE
RUBBER
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE
SKILLED WORKERS
SOYBEAN
SPREAD
STAPLE FOODS
SUGAR
TAX
TAXATION
TEA
TEXTILES
THIN MARKET
TRADE BARRIERS
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
TRADE POLICIES
TRADE POLICY
TRADE TAXES
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
URUGUAY ROUND
VOLATILITY
WHEAT
WOOD
WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
WORLD ECONOMY
WORLD TRADE
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
WTO
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
AGRICULTURAL GROWTH
AGRICULTURAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURAL POLICY
AGRICULTURAL PRICE
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
AGRICULTURE
BALANCE SHEETS
BEEF
CASSAVA
COCOA
COMMODITIES
COMMODITY
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES
COMPETITIVENESS
CONSUMER PRICE
CONSUMER PRICES
CONSUMERS
CROP PRODUCTS
CROPS
CURRENCY
DATA AVAILABILITY
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
DOLLAR VALUE
DOLLAR VALUES
DOMESTIC ECONOMY
DOMESTIC MARKETS
DOMESTIC PRICES
ECONOMIC COOPERATION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC REFORMS
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPENDITURE
EXPENDITURES
EXPORTS
FARM POLICIES
FARMERS
FARMS
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FOOD EXPORT
FOOD IMPORTS
FOOD MARKETS
FOOD POLICIES
FOOD POLICY
FOOD POLICY RESEARCH
FOOD PRICES
FOOD PRODUCT
FOOD PRODUCTS
FOOD STAPLES
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET
FREE MARKETS
FRUITS
GDP
GDP DEFLATOR
GDP PER CAPITA
GINI COEFFICIENT
GLOBAL EXPORTS
GLOBAL MARKET
GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION
GRAINS
GROSS VALUE
IFPRI
INCOME
INDUSTRIALIZATION
INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
INTERNATIONAL MARKET
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
ITC
LAISSEZ FAIRE
LDCS
LEGAL CONSTRAINTS
LIVESTOCK
LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MAIZE
MARKET ECONOMIES
MARKETPLACE
MERCHANDISE
MERCHANDISE EXPORTS
MERCHANDISE TRADE
MULTILATERAL TRADE
NET EXPORTS
OPEN ECONOMY
OUTPUT
OUTPUTS
PALM OIL
PER CAPITA INCOME
PER CAPITA INCOMES
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
PRICE COMPARISON
PRICE COMPARISONS
PRICE DISTORTIONS
PRICE POLICIES
PRICING POLICY
PRODUCER PRICE
PRODUCER PRICES
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PUBLIC GOOD
R&D
RAPID GROWTH
REAL GDP
REFORM PROGRAMS
REGIME CHANGES
RETAIL
RICE
RUBBER
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE
SKILLED WORKERS
SOYBEAN
SPREAD
STAPLE FOODS
SUGAR
TAX
TAXATION
TEA
TEXTILES
THIN MARKET
TRADE BARRIERS
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
TRADE POLICIES
TRADE POLICY
TRADE TAXES
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
URUGUAY ROUND
VOLATILITY
WHEAT
WOOD
WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
WORLD ECONOMY
WORLD TRADE
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
WTO
Anderson, Kym
Martin, Will
Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in China and Southeast Asia
description This chapter begins with a brief summary of economic growth and structural changes in the region since the 1950s and of agricultural and other economic policies as they affected agriculture before and after the various reforms, and in several cases fundamental regime changes, of the past half-century. It then summarizes new estimates of the nominal rate of assistance (NRA) and the relative rate of assistance (RRA) to farmers delivered by national farm and nonfarm policies over the past several decades (depending on data availability), and of those policies' impacts on consumer prices of farm products. Both farmer assistance and consumer taxation is negative in periods where there is an anti-agricultural, pro-urban consumer bias in a country's policy regime. The final sections summarize what the author have learned and draw out implications of the findings, including for poverty and inequality and for possible future directions of policies affecting agricultural incentives in this part of Asia.
format Working Paper
topic_facet AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
AGRICULTURAL GROWTH
AGRICULTURAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURAL POLICY
AGRICULTURAL PRICE
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
AGRICULTURE
BALANCE SHEETS
BEEF
CASSAVA
COCOA
COMMODITIES
COMMODITY
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES
COMPETITIVENESS
CONSUMER PRICE
CONSUMER PRICES
CONSUMERS
CROP PRODUCTS
CROPS
CURRENCY
DATA AVAILABILITY
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
DOLLAR VALUE
DOLLAR VALUES
DOMESTIC ECONOMY
DOMESTIC MARKETS
DOMESTIC PRICES
ECONOMIC COOPERATION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC REFORMS
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPENDITURE
EXPENDITURES
EXPORTS
FARM POLICIES
FARMERS
FARMS
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FOOD EXPORT
FOOD IMPORTS
FOOD MARKETS
FOOD POLICIES
FOOD POLICY
FOOD POLICY RESEARCH
FOOD PRICES
FOOD PRODUCT
FOOD PRODUCTS
FOOD STAPLES
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET
FREE MARKETS
FRUITS
GDP
GDP DEFLATOR
GDP PER CAPITA
GINI COEFFICIENT
GLOBAL EXPORTS
GLOBAL MARKET
GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION
GRAINS
GROSS VALUE
IFPRI
INCOME
INDUSTRIALIZATION
INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
INTERNATIONAL MARKET
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
ITC
LAISSEZ FAIRE
LDCS
LEGAL CONSTRAINTS
LIVESTOCK
LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MAIZE
MARKET ECONOMIES
MARKETPLACE
MERCHANDISE
MERCHANDISE EXPORTS
MERCHANDISE TRADE
MULTILATERAL TRADE
NET EXPORTS
OPEN ECONOMY
OUTPUT
OUTPUTS
PALM OIL
PER CAPITA INCOME
PER CAPITA INCOMES
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
PRICE COMPARISON
PRICE COMPARISONS
PRICE DISTORTIONS
PRICE POLICIES
PRICING POLICY
PRODUCER PRICE
PRODUCER PRICES
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PUBLIC GOOD
R&D
RAPID GROWTH
REAL GDP
REFORM PROGRAMS
REGIME CHANGES
RETAIL
RICE
RUBBER
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE
SKILLED WORKERS
SOYBEAN
SPREAD
STAPLE FOODS
SUGAR
TAX
TAXATION
TEA
TEXTILES
THIN MARKET
TRADE BARRIERS
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
TRADE POLICIES
TRADE POLICY
TRADE TAXES
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
URUGUAY ROUND
VOLATILITY
WHEAT
WOOD
WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
WORLD ECONOMY
WORLD TRADE
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
WTO
author Anderson, Kym
Martin, Will
author_facet Anderson, Kym
Martin, Will
author_sort Anderson, Kym
title Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in China and Southeast Asia
title_short Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in China and Southeast Asia
title_full Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in China and Southeast Asia
title_fullStr Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in China and Southeast Asia
title_full_unstemmed Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in China and Southeast Asia
title_sort distortions to agricultural incentives in china and southeast asia
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2008-09
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/614361468011123094/Distortions-to-agricultural-incentives-in-China-and-Southeast-Asia
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