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This paper examines the recent difficulties experienced in U.S. agriculture, and discusses the role played by government policies, in particular reviewing recent developments in those policies. Studies of the extent and costs of agricultural protection in the United States and other major...
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This chapter discusses principles and consequences of the common agricultural policy (CAP) of the European Community (EC). It shows that agricultural pricing policies aimed at supporting farm incomes were already in place in EC member countries before the inception of the CAP; indeed, in the...
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This paper analyses the economic costs of current agricultural policies in Turkmenistan. It argues that the opportunity cost of continuing with these policies is very high for the budget, the average farmer, and the economy as a whole. The paper calls for the development of nontraditional...
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catching-up has been so much slower in Poland than in its regional peers, and whether this might hamper Poland's long … Poland. Section II.E concludes the chapter. …
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In March 1999, Poland implemented a systemic pension reform that involved the introduction of a multi-pillar pension … note on the pension sector was elaborated as part of the Poland Financial Sector Assessment Program, or FSAP update that …
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This 2009 Article IV Consultation highlights that Poland’s rapid growth had begun to lose steam even before the global …
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This Selected Issues paper analyzes the use of fiscal rules in Poland and also suggests improvements. The study reviews …
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Poland’s macroeconomic performance was strong in the decade leading up to the global crisis. Poland’s commitments to … supervisory framework helped foster a well-capitalized banking system. A successor Flexible Credit Line arrangement for Poland … will play an important role in supporting the government’s economic policy strategy. Although Poland’s underlying …
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This paper examines the relationship between macroeconomic stabilization and market-oriented reform in planned economies. It emphasizes that market-oriented reform should enhance the likelihood that adjustment to exogenous disturbances will involve genuine adjustment in the sense of actually...
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This paper reviews Poland’s economic performance under the Flexible Credit Line Arrangement. Economic growth in Poland …
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