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Finding Missing Markets (and a disturbing epilogue): Evidence from an Export Crop Adoption and Marketing Intervention in Kenya

Ashraf, Nava; Giné, Xavier; Karlan, Dean S. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

In much of the developing world, many farmers grow crops for local or personal consumption despite export options which … controlled trial conducted by DrumNet in Kenya that attempts to help farmers adopt and market export crops. DrumNet provides … smallholder farmers with information about how to switch to export crops, makes in-kind loans for the purchase of the agricultural …

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Developing Country Agriculture and the New Trade Agenda

Anderson, Kym; Hoekman, Bernard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999

A new round of WTO negotiations on agriculture, services and perhaps some other issues is expected to be launched in late 1999. To what extent should those negotiations include so-called "new trade agenda" items aimed at ensuring that domestic regulatory policies do not discriminate against...

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Measuring Distortions to Agricultural Incentives, Revisited

Anderson, Kym; Kurzweil, Marianne; Martin, Will; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

both agricultural and non-agricultural policy measures including import or export taxes, subsidies and quantitative …

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Political Economy of Public Policies: Insights from Distortions to Agricultural and Food Markets

Anderson, Kym; Rausser, Gordon; Swinnen, Johan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

The agricultural and food sector is an ideal case for investigating the political economy of public policies. Many of the policy developments in this sector since the 1950s have been sudden and transformational, while others have been gradual but persistent. This article reviews and synthesizes...

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Agricultural Price Distortions: Trends and Volatility, Past and Prospective

Anderson, Kym - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

Historically, earnings from farming in many developing countries have been depressed by a pro-urban bias in own-country policies, as well as by governments of richer countries favouring their farmers with import barriers and subsidies. Both sets of policies reduced global economic welfare and...

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Agriculture, Developing Countries, And The WTO Millennium Round

Anderson, Kym - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

The potential welfare gains from further liberalizing agricultural markets are huge, both absolutely and relative to gains from liberalizing textiles or other manufacturing, according to recent GTAP modelling results. Should attempts to liberalize farm trade in the next WTO round follow the same...

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How Do Agricultural Policy Restrictions to Global Trade and Welfare Differ Across Commodities?

Anderson, Kym; Croser, Johanna L.; Lloyd, Peter J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

For decades the world’s agricultural markets have been highly distorted by national government policies, but very differently for different commodities. Hence a weighted average across countries of nominal rates of assistance or consumer tax equivalents for a product can be misleading as an...

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Domestic and Trade Policy for Central and East European Agriculture

Karp, Larry; Stefanou, Spiro - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1993

After a brief period of liberal agricultural policies, Central and East European (CEE) countries have begun to rely increasingly on price subsidies and trade restrictions. We outline the situation of CEE agriculture and describe current policies. Scarce government funds could be better used to...

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Market Stabilization and the Reform of the Common Agricultural Policy

Anderson, Ronald W. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1992

export subsidy to defend a fixed price floor, increases in the floor (a) increase mean price and decrease price volatility in …

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Golden Rice and the Looming GMO Trade Debate: Implications for the Poor

Anderson, Kym; Pohl Nielsen, Chantal - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

The first generation of genetically modified crop varieties, currently most widespread in the maize and soybean sectors, sought to increase farmer profitability by improving agronomic traits. The next generation of biotech research is focusing also on breeding for attributes desired by...

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