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  • The World Bank economic review 25 (2) (English)

    This paper is organized in following headings: has India's economic growth become more pro-poor in the wake of economic reforms?; are the poverty effects of trade policies invisible?; corruption and confidence...

    Document Type: Publication Report No.: 80517 Document Date: June 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Anderson,Kym,Croser,Johanna Louise,Cuong,Nguyen Viet,Datt,Gaurav,Kraay,Aart C.,Mont,Daniel M.,Newhouse,David Locke,Nyiri, Zsolt,Ravallion,Martin,Suryadarma,Daniel C. J.,Verma, Monika,Yilmazkuday,Hakan

  • Agricultural distortion patterns since the 1950s : what needs explaining? (English)

    This paper summarizes a new database that sheds light on the impact of trade-related policy developments over the past half century on distortions to agricultural incentives and thus also to consumer prices...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 55950 Document Date: May 1, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Anderson,Kym,Croser,Johanna Louise,Sandri,Damiano,Valenzuela,Ernesto

  • Global distortions to key agricultural commodity markets (English)

    The regional books that provided detailed estimates of distortion in developing economies are all country focused. While they include commodity details for their particular country, they are not able to...

    Document Type: Report No.: 56138 Document Date: March 1, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Anderson,Kym,Croser,Johanna Louise,Nelgen,Signe,Valenzuela,Ernesto

  • Welfare- and trade-based indicators of national distortions to agricultural incentives (English)

    Despite reforms over the past quarter-century, world agricultural markets remain highly distorted by government policies. Traditional indicators of those price distortions such as the nominal rate of assistance...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 56139 Document Date: March 1, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Lloyd,Peter J.,Croser,Johanna Louise,Anderson,Kym

  • Annual estimates of distortions to agricultural incentives in high-income countries (English)

    This working paper summarizes the annual estimates, for each of the world's main high-income countries, of key distortion indicators defined in Anderson et al. (2008), and provides some summary statistics...

    Document Type: Report No.: 56130 Document Date: September 1, 2008 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Anderson,Kym,Croser,Johanna Louise,Jara Torres,Esteban Andres,Nelgen,Signe,Valenzuela,Ernesto

  • Annual estimates of distortions to agricultural incentives in europe's transition economies (English)

    This working paper summarizes annual estimates of covered product Nominal Rate of Assistance (NRAs), for each of the focus economies of Europe's transition economies, their key distortion indicators defined...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 56115 Document Date: August 1, 2008 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Valenzuela,Ernesto,Kurzweil,Marianne,Croser,Johanna Louise,Nelgen,Signe,Anderson,Kym

  • Annual estimates of Latin American distortions to agricultural incentives (English)

    This compilation summarizes the estimates, for the focus countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, of key distortion indicators. Three tables are provided for each country: (a) the Nominal Rate of...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 55973 Document Date: December 1, 2007 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Valenzuela,Ernesto,Kurzweil,Marianne,Jara Torres,Esteban Andres,Croser,Johanna Louise,Anderson,Kym

  • Annual estimates of Asian distortions to agricultural incentives (English)

    This compilation summarizes the estimates for the focus countries of Asia key distortion indicators defined in Anderson et al. (2008). Three tables are provided for each country: (a) the Nominal Rate of...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 56070 Document Date: December 1, 2007 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Anderson,Kym,Croser,Johanna Louise,Kurzweil,Marianne,Nelgen,Signe,Valenzuela,Ernesto

  • Annual estimates of African distortions to agricultural incentives (English)

    This working paper summarizes the annual estimates of covered product Nominal Rate of Assistance (NRA), for each of the focus countries, of Africa key distortion indicators defined in Anderson et al, and...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 56029 Document Date: December 1, 2007 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Valenzuela,Ernesto,Kurzweil,Marianne,Croser,Johanna Louise,Nelgen,Signe,Anderson,Kym