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Macroeconomic gains from reforming the agri-food sector : the case of France
Batini, Nicoletta - 2019
France is the top agricultural producer in the European Union (EU), and agriculture plays a prominent role in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012009390
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Optimal Taxation in the Forestry Sector in the Congo Basin : The Case of Gabon
Melhado, Oscar E. - 2007
This paper reviews forestry reform in the Congo basin, focusing on Gabon. It argues that the key challenge for the Congo basin countries is to manage their forests in a sustainable manner. It presents the current situation of forestry taxation and forestry reform in Gabon. The paper analyzes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401158
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The Complier Pays Principle : The Limits of Fiscal Approaches toward Sustainable Forest Management
Leruth, Luc E. - 2000
This paper examines the role and impact of taxation on sustainable forest management. It is shown that fiscal instruments neither reinforce nor substitute for traditional regulatory approaches. Far from encouraging more sustainable forest management, fiscal instruments such as an inappropriate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399823
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Forestry Taxation in Africa : The Case of Liberia
Thomas, Saji - 2005
Countries generally tax the forestry sector to achieve the twin objectives of revenue maximization and sustainability of logging levels. In an ideal world of perfect markets and information, auctions would be the best instrument to determine the price of extraction rights. However, a number of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014404209
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Institutional transformations, polity and economic outcomes : testing the North-Wallis-Weingast doorsteps framework
Gollwitzer Franke, Sophia; Quintyn, Marc - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009572322
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The Impact of Agricultural Support Policies in the United States and Other Major Countries : A Survey
International Monetary Fund - 1988
This paper examines the recent difficulties experienced in U.S. agriculture, and discusses the role played by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396437
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Turkmenistan : The Burden of Current Agricultural Policies
International Monetary Fund - 2000
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399893
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Structural reforms and productivity growth in emerging market and developing economies
Dabla-Norris, Era; Ho, Giang; Kyobe, Annette - 2016
This paper empirically assesses the role of structural and institutional reforms in driving productivity growth across countries at different stages of development, using a distance-to-frontier framework. It gauges whether particular policies and reforms matter more for increasing productivity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011436763
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The agricultural exodus in the Philippines : are wage differentials driving the process?
Cerutti, Eugenio M.; Li, Yiliang - 2021
Lagging labor reallocations outside agriculture amid sustained low agricultural productivity have been a key feature in … the Philippines over the past 15 years. An analysis of the labor adjustments in and out of agriculture shows that a … from agriculture, whilst the lack of post-primary education and the presence of agricultural clusters hinder such outflows …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012796816
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Crop selection and international differences in aggregate agricultural productivity
Alvarez, Jorge A.; Berg, Claudia - 2019
A large share of cross-country differences in productivity is explained by differences in agricultural productivity. Using a combination of sub-national agricultural statistics and geospatial datasets on crop-specific potential yields, we study the main drivers of this variation from a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012103617