Agricultural Policies for Poverty Reduction
Subtitle: A Synthesis
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]:
Number of pages: 72
ISBN-13: 9789264167698
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Description: This book synthesizes the findings of a longer work which sets out a strategy for raising rural incomes. It emphasises the creation of diversified rural economies with opportunities within and outside agriculture. Agricultural policies need to be integrated within an overall mix of policies and institutional reforms that facilitate, rather than impede, structural change. By investing in public goods, such as infrastructure and agricultural research, and by building effective social safety nets, governments can limit the role of less efficient policies such as price controls and input subsidies.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Executive summary; title: Introduction; title: The short- to medium-term effects of agricultural policies in developing countries; title: Long-term structural change and the agricultural transformation; title: A strategic framework for strengthening rural incomes; title: Market stabilisation policies; title: Input subsidies; title: Policy conclusions; title: References.