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Sector-Specific and Economywide Policies and Agricultural Incentives in LDCs

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The concept of sector-specific and economy-wide policies on incentives for agriculture is defined. A methodology is described for measuring the impact of those policies and results are given for a sample of commodities for 18 developing countires for 1975-84. On average, sector-specifiv policies tax agricultural exports and protect agricultural imports. Economywide policies tax agricultural products. The impacts of the economywide policies dominate those of the sector-specific policies both for agricultural exports (where they are negative) and imports (where the impact of the specific policy to agriculture is positive).

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  • Schiff, Maurice, 1989. "Sector-Specific and Economywide Policies and Agricultural Incentives in LDCs," 1989 Occasional Paper Series No. 5 197660, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:iaaeo5:197660
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.197660
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