Privatization and Deregulation : Needed Policy Reforms for Agribusiness Development

I — Introduction -- 1 — Agenda for Policy Reforms in Agribusiness -- II — Agribusiness In Economic Development -- 2 — Development Thought and Development Assistance: Implications for Agricultural and Agribusiness Development -- 3 — Economic Development Process and Experience -- III — Approaches And Guidelines -- 4 — Privatization of Agribusiness -- 5 — Privatization and Deregulation of Agribusiness -- 6 — Privatization and Deregulation of Support Services -- 7 — Privatization of Agribusiness Input Markets -- 8 — Privatization and Deregulation of the Fertilizer Sector -- IV — Enabling Policy Environment -- 9 — Exchange Rates and the Performance of Agribusiness Markets -- 10 — Role of Patents and Intellectual Property Rights for the Development of Agribusiness Markets -- 11 — Limitations of Loan Targeting and Life After Reform -- 12 — Role of Banking and Finance to Promote Trade and Agribusiness Development -- 13 — Environmental Regulations and the Fertilizer Business -- V — Selected Case Studies -- 14 — Strategies for Agribusiness Development: World Bank Experience -- 15 — Reforming Agriculture and Agribusiness in Russia -- 16 — Liberalization of Agricultural Input Markets in Bangladesh -- 17 — Private-Sector Imports of Fertilizers and Pesticides in Bangladesh -- 18 — Reforming Fertilizer Markets in East Africa -- VI — Lessons for Policy Reform -- 19 — Policy Reform and Agribusiness Development -- Contributors.