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Structural Adjustment and the Agricultural Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean

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  • © 1995

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Editors:
  1. John Weeks

    1. Centre for Development Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, UK
      Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London, UK

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Part of the book series: Latin American Studies Series (LASS)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    • John Weeks
    Pages 1-7

  3. Rural Development and Agrarian Issues in Contemporary Latin America

    • Cristóbal Kay
    Pages 9-44

  4. Disentangling the Performance of Latin American Agriculture, 1980–1992

    • Raúl Hopkins
    Pages 45-60

  5. Macroeconomic Adjustment and Latin American Agriculture Since 1980

    • John Weeks
    Pages 61-91

  6. The Environment and Structural Adjustment: Lessons for Policy Interventions in the 1990S

    • Michael Redclift
    Pages 93-110

  7. Argentine Agriculture and Economic Reform in the 1990S

    • Hector Maletta
    Pages 111-147

  8. Structural Adjustment and Agricultural Policies: the Brazilian Experience Since the 1980s.

    • Antonio Marcio Buainain, Gervasio de Castro Rezende
    Pages 149-176

  9. Structural Adjustment and Agricultural Performance: the Chilean Case

    • Cristián Palma Arancibia
    Pages 177-204

  10. Adjusting to Reality: the Impact of Structural Adjustment on Honduran Agriculture

    • Andy Thorpe
    Pages 205-228

  11. The Impact of Structural Adjustment Policies on the Performance of Agriculture: the Case of Jamaica

    • Ranjit H. Singh
    Pages 229-257

  12. Conclusions

    • John Weeks
    Pages 259-263

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 265-297
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As a result of the regional debt crisis, most governments of Latin America in the 1980s entered into a process of profound policy change, from an import substitution oriented strategy to a focus upon export-promotion, with an emphasis upon market liberalisation. According to mainstream economic theory, the effect of this shift would be to favour agriculture. This book, with contributors from Latin America and Europe, surveys the results on agriculture of a decade of policy change, and to produce new and unexpected insights.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Centre for Development Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, UK

    John Weeks

  • Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London, UK

    John Weeks

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