Title: Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in China and Southeast Asia
Abstract: No AccessOther papers10 Oct 2017Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in China and Southeast AsiaAuthors/Editors: Kym Anderson, Will MartinKym Anderson, Will Martinhttps://doi.org/10.1596/28187SectionsAboutPDF (0.7 MB) ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In Abstract: This chapter begins with a brief summary of economic growth and structural changes in the region since the 1950s and of agricultural and other economic policies as they affected agriculture before and after the various reforms, and in several cases fundamental regime changes, of the past half-century. It then summarizes new estimates of the nominal rate of assistance (NRA) and the relative rate of assistance (RRA) to farmers delivered by national farm and nonfarm policies over the past several decades (depending on data availability), and of those policies' impacts on consumer prices of farm products. Both farmer assistance and consumer taxation is negative in periods where there is an anti-agricultural, pro-urban consumer bias in a country's policy regime. The final sections summarize what the author have learned and draw out implications of the findings, including for poverty and inequality and for possible future directions of policies affecting agricultural incentives in this part of Asia. Previous bookNext book FiguresreferencesRecommendeddetails View Published: September 2008 Copyright & Permissions Related CountriesChinaRelated TopicsAgriculture KeywordsAGRICULTURAL POLICYBEEFCOCOACONSUMERSCROPSDEVELOPING COUNTRIESECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTEXCHANGE RATESEXPENDITURESFINANCIAL CRISISGDPGRAINSINDUSTRIALIZATIONINTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTELIVESTOCKLOW-INCOME COUNTRIESMAIZEPOLITICAL ECONOMYRICERURAL DEVELOPMENTSKILLED WORKERSSTAPLE FOODSSUGARTRADE BARRIERSTRADE LIBERALIZATIONWHEATWORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORSWORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION PDF DownloadLoading ...