Africa and the Mediterranean

In: The political economy of agricultural pricing policy, Vol. 3

In: A World Bank Comparative Study

Abstract

This is the third of five volumes summarizing the results of a World Bank research project. The purpose of the project was threefold: to provide systematic estimates of the degree of price discrimination against agriculture within individual countries and to explain how it changed over time; to determine how this intervention affected such key variables as foreign exchange earnings, agricultural output, and income distribution; and to gain further insight into the political economy of agricultural pricing policy through a study of the motivations of policy makers, the economic and political factors determining the degree of agricultural intervention, and the attempts to reform unsuccessful policies. This volume presents case studies on Egypt, Ghana, Morocco, Portugal, Turkey and Zambia. (DÜI-Hff)