Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Latin America.

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CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Abbreviations; Map: The Focus Countries of Latin America; 1 Introduction and Summary; Table 1.1 Key Economic and Trade Indicators, Latin America, 2000-04; Table 1.2 Growth of Real GDP, Latin America, 1980-2004; Table 1.3 Sectoral Shares of GDP, Latin America, 1965-2004; Table 1.4 Agriculture's Share in Employment, Latin America, 1965-2004; Table 1.5 Sectoral Shares in Merchandise Exports, Latin America, 1965-2004; Table 1.6 Indexes of Comparative Advantage in Agriculture and Processed Food, Latin America, 1965-2004

Table 1.7 Exports of Goods and Services as a Share of GDP, Latin America, 1975-2004Table 1.8 Export Orientation, Import Dependence, and Self-Sufficiency in Primary Agricultural Production, Latin America, 1965-2004; Table 1.9 NRAs in Agriculture, Latin America, 1965-2004; Figure 1.1 NRAs in Agriculture, Latin America, 1980-84 and 2000-04; Figure 1.2 NRAs, by Product, Latin America, 1980-84 and 2000-04; Table 1.10 Dispersion of NRAs across Covered Agricultural Products, Latin America, 1965-2004

Figure 1.3 NRAs for Exportable, Import-Competing, and All Agricultural Products, Latin America, 1965-2004Table 1.11 NRAs for Exportable and Import-Competing Products, and the TBI, Latin America, 1965-2004; Table 1.12 NRAs in Agriculture Relative to Nonagricultural Industries, Latin America, 1965-2004; Figure 1.4 NRAs of Total Covered Farm Products and NRAs from Input Price Distortions, Latin America, 1965-2004; Table 1.13 NRAs for Covered Farm Products, by Policy Instrument, Latin America, 1965-2004; Table 1.14 Gross Subsidy Equivalents of Assistance to Farmers, Latin America, 1965-2004

Figure 1.5 Gross Subsidy Equivalents of Assistance to Farmers, Latin America, 1975-79 and 2000-04Table 1.15 Gross Subsidy Equivalents of Assistance to Farmers, by Product and Subsector, Latin America, 1965-2004; Figure 1.6 Gross Subsidy Equivalents of Assistance to Farmers, by Product, Latin America, 1975-79 and 2000-04; Figure 1.7 NRAs for Agricultural and Nonagricultural Tradables and the RRA, Latin America, 1965-2004; Figure 1.8 RRAs in Agriculture, Latin America, 1980-84 and 2000-04; Table 1.16 RRAs in Agriculture, Latin America, 1965-2004

Figure 1.9 NRAs and RRAs, Asia, Africa, and Latin America, 1965-2004Figure 1.10 Income Distribution, Latin America and the World, 2000; Table 1.17 Relative Income, Comparative Advantage, and NRAs and RRAs in Tradable Agriculture, Latin America, 2000-04; Figure 1.11 Real GDP Per Capita, Comparative Advantage, and NRAs and RRAs, Latin America, 1955-2005; Table 1.18 NRAs and Some of Their Determinants, Latin America, 1960-2004; Table 1.19 CTEs for Covered Farm Products, Latin America, 1965-2003

Table 1.20 Value of CTEs of Policies Assisting the Producers of Covered Farm Products, Latin America, 1965-2003

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