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| Rashid, Shahidur; Cummings, Ralph, Jr.; Gulati, Ashok. |
| Using case studies from six Asian countries, this paper (a) assesses the relevance of underlying rationales for public intervention in foodgrain markets, (b) documents the existing policies and regulations that support operation of grain parastatals, (c) provides estimates of benefits and costs of parastatals, and (d) compares experiences of countries that liberalized (or reduced intervention) with the ones that continue to have significant presence of parastatals. Our results suggest that conditions in the region have improved significantly over the past thirty years; and none of the four commonly agreed rationales—that is, poorly integrated domestic markets, thin and volatile world market, promoting modern technology and the scarcity of foreign exchange... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Food marketing parastatals; Agricultural price policy; Rice and wheat markets; Marketing. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59830 |
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