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"The claim by global trade modelers that the potential contribution to global economic welfare of removing agricultural subsidies is less than one-tenth of that from removing agricultural tariffs puzzles many observers. To help explain that result, the authors first compare the OECD and...
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"This paper brings together the literatures on the political economy of public expenditures and the determinants of economic growth. Based on a new dataset of rural public expenditures in a panel of Latin American economies, the econometric evidence suggests that non-social subsidies reduce...
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"The authors estimate the impact of global merchandise trade distortions and services regulations on agricultural value added in various countries. Using the latest versions of the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) database and the GTAP-AGR model of the global economy, their results suggest...
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This report focuses on growing trade in food staples in the Southern and Eastern African region of Africa as one of the largest growth opportunities available to African farmers. This paper examines the impact of regional trade in food staples, both for maintaining farmer incentives in surplus...
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The agriculture and agri-food sector is a substantial driver of Moldova's international trade and export … Moldova's agriculture sector, and synthesize relevant research on drivers and recommendations on improving agricultural …'s agriculture sector and its export competitiveness, synthesizes the findings, and presents recommendations. In order for …
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"The authors provide estimates of the impact that removing all merchandise trade distortions (including agricultural subsidies) would have on food and agricultural production, trade, and incomes. Using the latest versions of the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) database and the World Bank's...
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commodity prices and reducing export shares of countries which do not support agriculture. One-and perhaps the only … to all sectors in the economy, not just agriculture) or at least non-sector-specific within agriculture. A simple and … sectors within agriculture should be in the form of taxpayer-funded payments. There should be no requirement of production …
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This report assesses agriculture policy support estimates in Mozambique. These estimates represent the monetary value … assigned to different agriculture support policies and programs using the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development … integrated view of agriculture support policies and programs (not limited to the more traditional public expenditure reviews or …
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The report is structured to allow readers familiar with Macedonia s agriculture sector to quickly grasp the essentials … characteristics and challenges of Macedonia s agriculture sector. The illustration takes an integrated approach to the sector … Agricultural Policy (CAP) and its measures to support agriculture. Chapter four presents concise empirical evidence of the coverage …
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