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Agricultural Distortions in Sub-Saharan Africa : Trade and Welfare Indicators, 1961 to 2004

Croser, Johanna; Anderson, Kym - 2012

For decades, agricultural price and trade policies in Sub-Saharan Africa have hampered farmers contributions to … time series of country level indexes, as well as Africa-wide aggregates. They also provide annual commodity market indexes …

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Changing Contributions of Different Agricultural Policy Instruments to Global Reductions in Trade and Welfare

Croser, Johanna; Anderson, Kym - 2012

Trade negotiators and policy advisors are keen to know the relative contribution of different farm policy instruments to international trade and economic welfare. Nominal rates of assistance or producer support estimates are incomplete indicators, especially when (especially in developing...

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Export Restrictions and Price Insulation during Commodity Price Booms

Martin, Will; Anderson, Kym - 2012

For individual countries, variable trade barriers can be used to reduce the volatility of domestic relative to world prices. If this is done by countries accounting for a large share of the market, its effect is offset by increases in world price volatility. This study shows the nature of the...

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How Do Governments Respond to Food Price Spikes? Lessons from the Past

Anderson, Kym; Nelgen, Signe - 2012

responses to the earlier spike lowered the (negative) nominal assistance coefficient for agriculture by one-third between 1972 …

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Global Distortions to Agricultural Markets : New Indicators of Trade and Welfare Impacts, 1955 to 2007

Lloyd, Peter J.; Croser, Johanna L.; Anderson, Kym - 2012

Despite recent reforms, world agricultural markets remain highly distorted by government policies. Traditional indicators of those price distortions can be poor guides to the policies' economic effects. Recent theoretical literature provides indicators of trade and welfare-reducing effects of...

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Potential Gains from Capital Flight Repatriation for Sub-Saharan African Countries

Fofack, Hippolyte; Ndikumana, Leonce - 2012

Despite the recent increase in capital flows to Sub-Saharan Africa, the region remains largely marginalized in …. It is estimated that if only a quarter of the stock of capital flight was repatriated to Sub-Saharan Africa, the region …

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Africa and Arab Gulf states : Divergent Development Paths and Prospects for Convergence

Fofack, Hippolyte - 2012

In spite of the similarities between Sub-Saharan Africa and the Arab Gulf region (Gulf Cooperation Council states … balance of payments crises in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper reviews the possible causes of these divergent development paths … accountability could enhance long-run growth in Sub-Saharan Africa and income convergence between the two regions. …

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