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Privatization and Deregulation

Needed Policy Reforms for Agribusiness Development

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  1. Surjit S. Sidhu
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  2. Mohinder S. Mudahar
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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Agenda for Policy Reforms in Agribusiness

      • Surjit S. Sidhu, Mohinder S. Mudahar
      Pages 3-8

  3. Agribusiness in Economic Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Development Thought and Development Assistance: Implications for Agricultural and Agribusiness Development

      • Vernon W. Ruttan
      Pages 11-23

    3. Economic Development Process And Experience

      • Erwin P. Geiger
      Pages 25-36

  4. Approaches and Guidelines

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 37-37
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    2. Privatization of Agribusiness

      • Forrest E. Walters
      Pages 39-45

    3. Privatization and Deregulation of Agribusiness

      • Erwin P. Geiger
      Pages 47-59

    4. Privatization and Deregulation of Support Services

      • Michel Petit, Suzanne Gnaegy
      Pages 61-66

    5. Privatization of Agribusiness Input Markets

      • Balu L. Bumb
      Pages 67-75

    6. Privatization and Deregulation of the Fertilizer Sector

      • D. I. Gregory
      Pages 77-84

  6. Selected Case Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 137-137
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    2. Strategies For Agribusiness Development: World Bank Experience

      • Edward Chobanian
      Pages 139-151
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Agribusiness development has been constrained by distorted economic policies and institutional controls in the emerging market economies and in most of the developing countries. In the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, the agribusiness complex was dominated by state-owned enter­ prises. In many of the developing countries, economic policies discriminated against agriculture and agribusiness. The results have been obvious. Despite major technological advances, agriculture and agribusiness sectors in these economies remained inefficient. A large share of the population, particu­ larly in the rural areas, has not been able to improve household incomes and living standards. The final decade of the 20th century will certainly be recorded as one of the most dynamic in modem history. The restructuring of the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe and market reforms in many of the developing countries are progressing at a rapid pace. Agribusiness is key to economic perfor­ mance in these areas in that agriculture is an important sector in many of these economies. Economic transition to a market economy is presenting many challenges and opportunities to accelerate the process of agribusiness development, which is so essential to alleviate rural poverty. An international symposium, organized by the International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC), provided a unique opportunity to discuss needed policy reforms to promote efficient and competitive agribusiness develop­ ment, with a particular focus on privatization and deregulation.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Privatization and Deregulation

  • Book Subtitle: Needed Policy Reforms for Agribusiness Development

  • Editors: Surjit S. Sidhu, Mohinder S. Mudahar

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4583-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-5703-2Published: 27 May 1999

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-4583-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 237

  • Topics: Development Economics

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