SABIIA - Sistema Aberto e Integrado de Informação em Agricultura (Sabiia)

Esanov, Akram; Raiser, Martin; Buiter, Willem.

This paper analyses the reform progress made in the energy-rich states of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan (AKTU for short) and contrasts their development to that in the resource-poor countries at the CIS periphery. The main argument of the paper is that far from being a blessing that would have allowed energy-rich countries to cushion the impact of reforms and thus make faster progress, energy rents have often been wasted or appropriated by the ruling elites. Progress in key structural reforms has in some cases lagged even behind other CIS countries and significant policy challenges need to be addressed if natural resource wealth is not to turn into a curse for the region.

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES ADOPTION: NEW EVIDENCE FROM LOMBARDY REGION

Palavras-chave: Political Economy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.

Ano: 2004

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18761

Bertoni, Danilo; Cavicchioli, Daniele; Pretolani, Roberto; Olper, Alessandro.

As a consequence of the ‘greening’ process of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) the demand for evaluation of actual agri-environmental measures (AEMs) calls for a deeper analysis of this policy instrument implementation. The idea behind this paper is that farmers’ willingness to participate is a necessary but not a sufficient condition in explaining the AEMs local uptake. Specifically, we test whether AEMs adoption depends both on farms and farmers’ characteristics, and on the local political and institutional framework, as well. Discriminating between genuine farmer incentive and attitude towards AEMs from the role played by the local institutional environment, appears a crucial step toward a better understanding of agri-environmental schemes....

THE SINGLE PAYMENT SCHEME IN THE IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF THE CAP "HEATH CHECK"

Palavras-chave: Agro - Environmental measures; Lombardy region; CAP; Agricultural and Food Policy; Political Economy; Q10; Q18.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44848

Velazquez, Beatriz E..

Based on the comprehensive Impact assessment of potential changes to the CAP that accompanied the HC legal proposals tabled by the Commission on 20th May 2008, this paper focuses on the impact analysis of options for adjustment of the Single Payment Scheme. It is put in evidence the distributional implications of the current SPS models as well as the link between the payment distribution with structural variables. Open issues that lead to the need of adjusting the system are also presented. The economic impact of alternative options are analysed based on Eurostat, audit, and microeconomic data. Issues examined include the impact of options on the distribution of payments, on land values, and on farmers income by size and specialisation. Results put in...

Palavras-chave: Agricultural policies; Single payment scheme; CAP reform.; Agricultural and Food Policy; Political Economy; Q18.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44784

Book Review

A POLITICAL ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE 1982 RECLAMATION ACT

Gray, Thomas W..

Review of: American Agriculture and the Problem of Monopoly: The Political Economy of Grain Belt Farming, by Jon Lauck

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries; Political Economy.

Ano: 2004

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46432

Past Performance Evaluation in Repeated Procurement: A Simple Model of Handicapping

LeVeen, E. Phillip.

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Political Economy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.

Ano: 1983

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32099

Albano, Gian Luigi; Cesi, Berardino.

When procurement contracts are awarded through competitive tendering participating firms commit ex ante to fulfil a set of contractual duties. However, selected contractors may find profitable to renege ex post on their promises by opportunistically delivering lower quality standards. In order to deter ex post moral hazard, buyers may use different strategies depending on the extent to which quality dimensions are contractible, that is, verifiable by contracting parties and by courts. We consider a stylized repeated procurement framework in which a buyer awards a contract over time to two firms with different efficiency levels. If the contractor does not deliver the agreed level of performance the buyer may handicap the same firm in future competitive...

Economic Analysis of U.S. Immigration Reforms

Palavras-chave: Repeated Procurement; Handicapping; Relational Contracts; Stick and Carrot Strategy; Political Economy; C73; D82; D44; H57; K12; L14.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6370

Aguiar, Angel; Walmsley, Terrie L..

In January 2004, President George Bush proposed the creation of a temporary worker program to allow more migrant workers to enter the US legally. This new temporary worker program would be open to undocumented workers in the US, as well as to prospective migrants currently residing abroad. The program would temporarily allow immigrants to fill jobs that, according to employers, would otherwise go unfilled at the current wage. The US Congress vetoed the presidential proposal, however, and requested a stricter enforcement of immigration law and the consequent deportation of undocumented immigrants. This study analyzes the economic effects of these immigration reforms on the US economy using an applied global general equilibrium model of migration. In...

Policy Innovation and Institutional Capacity Building: Putting Market-Based Instruments Into Practice in South Australia

Palavras-chave: US Undocumented Workers; Applied General Equilibrium; Political Economy.

Ano: 2009

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49302

Shi, Tian.

As market-based instruments (MBIs) become a buzzword, there is an emerging expectation among policy makers and natural resource managers that MBIs should be more widely adopted. However, without the change of existing ideas and institutions, governments tend to continue to use the default regulatory and voluntary instruments. This paper provides an overview of policy instruments and the general expectations about the instrument choice when governments face policy implementation. Although it does not provide specific choice of individual instruments, some key issues and opportunities are identified for the wide adoption of MBIs in South Australia for sustainable NRM and economic development.

Profits and Politics: Coordinating Technology Adoption in Agriculture

Palavras-chave: Market-based instruments; Institutional capacity building; Policy instrument; Instrument compatibility; Natural resource management; South Australia; Political Economy.

Ano: 2007

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10373

Pande, Rohini.

This paper examines the political economy of coordination in a simple two-sector model in which individuals' choice of agricultural technology affects industrialization. We demonstrate the existence of multiple equilibria; the economy is either characterized by the use of a traditional agricultural technology and a low level of industrialization or the use of a mechanized technology and a high level of industrialization. Relative to the traditional technology, the mechanized technology increases output but leaves some population groups worse off. We show that the distributional implications of choosing the mechanized technology restrict the possibility of Pareto-improving coordination by an elected policy-maker, even when we allow for income redistribution.

How to Realize Breakthrough in WTO Doha Negotiations?

Palavras-chave: Industrialization; Choice of technology; Government policy; Political Economy; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; O14; H10.

Ano: 2005

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28383

Zhou, Jian-Ming.

Originally published by ‘Africa Link’ (www.africalink.ch/), Headquarters in Switzerland, at (http://www.africalink.ch/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12993%3Ahow-torealize- breakthrough-in-wto-doha-negotiations&catid=49%3Abusiness-andeconomy& Itemid=58 =en)

A Dialectical Approach to Social Restructuring and Technical Change in Greek Agriculture

Palavras-chave: Breakthrough; WTO; Doha negotiations; Agriculture; Non-agricultural market; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Security and Poverty; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Labor and Human Capital; Political Economy; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; F; K; O; P; Q; R.

Ano: 2010

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97047

Blood for Social Status: Preliminary Evidence from Rural China

Liodakis, George.

This paper investigates the dialectic between social restructuring and technical change within the transition to capitalism in Greek agriculture. Contrary to neo-populist interpretations, it is argued that capitalism has developed considerably, and that technical change has played a major role in the process of class differentiation and capitalist development. While the new capitalist strategy for agricultural restructuring has reinforced the process of concentration and capitalist development, with a devastating impact on small farmers, it is argued that the social conflicts involved and the recent agrarian mobilisations tend to form an alternative strategy for the semi-proletarianised 'working class', negating both neo-populism and capitalist...

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Political Economy.

Ano: 2000

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26414

Chen, Xi; Zhang, Xiaobo.

Xi Chen acknowledges generous Doctoral Research Grant from the Institute for the Social Sciences at Cornell University and precious data set provided by the Development Strategy and Governance Division at IFPRI. Conference Travel Grant provided by the Department of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell is also acknowledged. We are grateful to Ravi Kanbur for invaluable comments, guidance and encouragement. This paper also benefited from helpful discussion and invaluable comments from Robert Frank, David Sahn, Marc Rockmore, and seminar participants in the Department of Economics at Cornell. Due to time limit, I have not incorporated all helpful comments and suggestions in this early draft paper. The views expressed herein and any remaining errors...

A SPATIAL ECONOMETRIC STAR MODEL WITH AN APPLICATION TO U.S. COUNTY ECONOMIC GROWTH, 1969–2003

Palavras-chave: Blood Donation; Social Status; Poverty; Inequality; Relative Deprivation; Rural China; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Health Economics and Policy; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; Labor and Human Capital; Political Economy; Production Economics; Public Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Risk and Uncertainty; I32; J22; D13; D63.

Ano: 2009

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49411

Pede, Valerien O.; Florax, Raymond J.G.M.; Holt, Matthew T..

Spatial regression models incorporating non-stationarity in the regression coefficients are popular. We propose a spatial variant of the Smooth Transition AutoRegressive (STAR) model that is more parsimonious than commonly used approaches and endogenously determines the extent of spatial parameter variation. Uncomplicated estimation and inference procedures are demonstrated using a neoclassical convergence model for United States counties.

SOME MEASURES OF LEVELS OF PROTECTION IN AUSTRALIA'S RURAL INDUSTRIES

Palavras-chave: Spatial autoregression; Smooth transition; Spatial econometrics; STAR; GWR; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; Political Economy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; C21; C51; R11; R12.

Ano: 2009

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48117

A Közös Agrárpolitika reformja magyar (kutatói) szempontból

Harris, S.F..

The present paper considers briefly some conceptual issues associated with, the measurement of protection and presents estimates of the level of protection received by a number of Australia's rural industries. It then discusses briefly some factors relevant to the interpretation of these measures, particularly in making comparisons between protection accorded to agriculture and that accorded to secondary industry. In considering the estimates of protection levels provided, it is necessary to recognise two things: first, that the estimates are very approximate, doing little more than suggest orders of magnitude; second, that they have a limited meaning and must be used with caution. Providing these limitations are recognised, such estimates can serve a...

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Political Economy.

Ano: 1964

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22656

China’s Agricultural Modernisation Program: an assessment of its sustainability and impacts in the case of the high-value beef chain

Udovecz, Gabor.

Az EU Közös Agrárpolitikája az állandó kompromisszumok és a sorozatos reformok terméke. Most annyiban más a helyzet, hogy a döntéshozatali mechanizmusban a szokásosnál is nagyobb a társadalmi nyomás, emiatt pedig a pénzügyi determináltság. A jövő alakításában pedig mi magyarok is részt veszünk. Kivételes lehetőség tehát, hogy hazánk adottságai (erősségek, gyengeségek) alapján határozott agrárorintációt fejezzen ki, s ennek fő törekvéseire építse az ország KAP-álláspontját. Magyarország olyan KAP-ban érdekelt, amely – európai értékek mentén – minél több uniós forrást biztosít, de tágítja is a mozgásteret a nemzeti agrár- és vidékpolitikai célok megvalósításához. Összefoglalóan kiemelhető, hogy a KAP-reform döntési mechanizmusa bonyolult, Magyarország...

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: EU Közös Agrárpolitika; Nemzeti agrárstratégia; Versenyképesség; Közjavak; EU Common Agricultural Policy; National agricultural strategy; Competitiveness; Public goods; Agricultural and Food Policy; Political Economy.

Ano: 2010

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99189

Waldron, Scott A.; Brown, Colin G.; Longworth, John W..

China has embarked on a major program to modernise agricultural and agribusiness structures with far reaching implications for rural development, international competitiveness / trade and food safety. There are, however, few studies that examine in detail how the modernisation program has proceeded, its’ sustainability and impacts. This paper aims to provide such as assessment through a series of integrated budget analyses of participants in the modern, high value beef chain. The paper concludes that rather than attempting to skip development phases by fast-tracking the development of modern structures in high-value agrifood chains, China should pursue a more incremental and facilitative approach based around developing structures in mid-value agrifood...

Productivity and Credit Constraints Firm-Level Evidence from Propensity Score Matching

Palavras-chave: China; Agriculture; Modernisation; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Farm Management; Industrial Organization; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Political Economy; Production Economics; O12; Q13; Q18.

Ano: 2009

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50784

Ciaian, Pavel; Falkowski, Jan; Kancs, d'Artis; Pokrivcak, Jan.

Factor Markets Coordination: Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Brussels, Belgium

Decentralization, Local Government Elections and Voter Turnout in Pakistan

Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Political Economy.

Ano: 2011

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117484

Akramov, Kamiljon T.; Qureshi, Sarfraz; Birner, Regina; Khan, Bilal Hasan.

Decentralization has the potential to improve the accountability of government and lead to a more efficient provision of public services. However, accountability requires broad groups of people to participate in local government. Thus, voter turnout at local government elections is an important component of government accountability. This study used survey data on the 2005 local government elections in Pakistan to analyze the impact of electoral mechanisms, the credibility of elections, and voters’ socioeconomic characteristics on voter turnout. The rational-choice perspective is applied to develop the specifications of the empirical model. The empirical analysis is based on a series of standard and multilevel random-intercept logistic models. Our...

HEALTH CHECK AND LABOUR MARKET: CRITICAL EVIDENCES AND POLITICAL NEEDS

Palavras-chave: Decentralization; Local government elections; Political participation; Voter turnout; Public service provision; Political Economy.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42345

Ievoli, Corrado; Macri, Maria Carmela.

Rural employment is one of the most important item of the Common Agricultural Policy reform. Attractiveness and development of rural areas are strictly linked to quality of job opportunities in rural areas. In addiction role of migrant workforce in primary sector viability is not enough considered. So it’s necessary to build a conceptual framework to analyse the interaction existing between immigration and agricultural labour market. Therefore the first aim of the paper is to build such framework considering the several approaches which can be used to face the issue. This framework is used to analyse the Italian case; Italy has become an important destination for migrations, and in this country a migrant workforce plays an important role in the...