While external developments have had adverse effects, the influence of inappropriate domestic policies has been increasingly recognized, leading to the adoption of major programs of macroeconomic and sectoral policy reforms. TMD is undertaking research at either the national or regional level to investigate the interactions among agriculture, natural resources, and alternative policy regimes in specific countries, with a view to increasing understanding by policymakers of the effects of macroeconomic policy changes on agricultural performance, natural resource use, poverty, and overall income growth. Through collaboration with developing-country researchers and the policy workshops to be organized after completion of research, TMD also aims to contribute to capacity building in policy analysis and to provide some guidance in the design and implementation of successful policy reform.
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