Auf dem so genannten Krisengipfel der Staats- und Regierungschefs der EU-Mitgliedsländer im Sommer dieses Jahres kam starke Kritik vor allem vom britischen Premier Tony Blair an den "hohen Agrarsubventionen" auf. Auch wenn die Frage des EU-Agrarhaushaltes mittlerweile wieder in den Hintergrund...

Agriculture is heavily subsidized in most of the OECD countries. On the other hand, environmental externalities occur because of protection related pollution. In this study the structure of agricultural protection in the OECD countries was examined in a chronological and comparative perspective....

This paper aims at determining the level of support of Greek agriculture. The calculations are performed on commodity basis over the period 1989-2006. By using an adapted OECD methodology, research findings indicate that the overall support level of Greek agriculture is similar to that of EU...

Am 15. Dezember 1993 ist die absolute "Deadline" für die schon zweimal verlängerte Uruguay-Runde. Im Agrarsektor ist das sog. Blair-House-Abkommen, das eigentlich den Ausweg aus den festgefahrenen GATT-Verhandlungen weisen sollte, weiter heftig umstritten. Das kategorische Nein der USA zu...

This paper analyzes the impact of social policy on the welfare of children in OECD countries and Russia, and the development of recommendations, based on the experience of OECD countries, on the improvement of social policies aimed at improving the welfare of children in the Russian Federation....

Decentralisation is invariably among the recommendations that international organisations such as the World Bank make for an enhancement of social provisions, and particularly a better targeting of social assistance regimes, in Eastern and Central Europe. However, theoretical literature as wel...