Reforming agriculture : the World Bank goes to market /

Table Of Contents:
Foreword xi(1)
Prologo xii(1)
Avant-propos xiii(1)
Acknowledgments xiv(1)
Abbreviations and acronyms xv
Summary 1(7)
Resumen 8(9)
Resume 17(10)

1. Introduction 27(2)

2. Theory and impact, policy and practice 29(15)

The theory underpinning structural adjustment 29(2)

Impact on supply response 31(7)

Supply response to the interaction of policy and other variables 38(1)

Bank policy and practice 39(5)

3. Overall ratings, changing content, early lessons 44(25)

Distribution and ratings 44(2)

Evolving Bank practice 46(10)

Performance of ongoing AGSECALS 56(2)

Supply response in AGSECALs 58(3)

Structural adjustment loans and agricultural reforms 61(3)

Early lessons: sequencing and implementation authority 64(5)

4. Price and input reforms 69(15)

Agricultural price reforms 69(5)

Reforming the supply of agricultural inputs 74(10)

5. Institutional reforms 84(19)

Agricultural commodity and input markets 84(3)

Legal and regulatory framework 87(2)

Reforming public agricultural production enterprises 89(4)

Public expenditure programs in agriculture 93(10)

6. Key procedural reforms and issues 103(24)

Food security and AGSECALs 103(4)

Monitoring and indicators 107(4)

Political and other risks in AGSECALs 111(5)

Environmental impact 116(1)

AGSECAL financing rationales 116(3)

Limitations of the AGSECAL and new approaches to agricultural adjustment 119(8)
References 127(6)
Annexes 133(24)
Supplement 157(1)
Introductory note 158(1)
Management response 159(3)
Summary of Committee on Development Effectiveness findings 162