Effective Targeting of Agricultural Policies [electronic resource]: Best Practices for Policy Design and Implementation /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2007.
Agricultural policies are dominated by broad measures such as market price support and general payments to all land, animals or farmers. As a result, it is often difficult to associate a particular policy with any specific objective.  Recognising the challenge facing policy makers who wish to design more precisely targeted policies, this study defines the operational characteristics of targeted policies and illustrates best practice with concrete examples. The relationship between target variables and objectives is explored and practical ways to define targets or actions are also examined.
Table of contents -; Executive Summary; The Agricultural Policy Context; The Costs and Benefits of Targeting; Requirements for Effective Targeting; What is a targeted policy?; How should objectives be defined; Which dimensions should be targeted?; How precise should targeting be?; Operational definition of a targeted policy; Targeting in OECD Agricultural Policies; Overview of agricultural policy objectives; Dimensions of targeting in current agricultural policies; Selected examples of agricultural policies: targeting income,rural development and environmental objectives; Preliminary remarks
Implementing Targeted Agricultural Policies: Selected IssuesPolicy objectives; Policy design; Policy implementation; Monitoring, control and evaluation of policy; The importance of transparency; The importance of reliable information and the role of economic and other analysis in improving targeting; Summary and Best Practices for Effective Targeting of Agricultural Policies; Annex 1. An Analytical Framework to Guide Policy Choice:Comparing the Cost of Policies that Have the Same Results; Annex 2. What Precision to Achieve Agricultural Landscape Preservation?; Bibliography
Published in French under the title: Ciblage efficace des politiques agricoles : bonnes pratiques pour le développement et la mise en œuvre des politiques.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-81).
Agricultural policies are dominated by broad measures such as market price support and general payments to all land, animals or farmers. As a result, it is often difficult to associate a particular policy with any specific objective.  Recognising the challenge facing policy makers who wish to design more precisely targeted policies, this study defines the operational characteristics of targeted policies and illustrates best practice with concrete examples. The relationship between target variables and objectives is explored and practical ways to define targets or actions are also examined.
Agriculture and state