期刊名称：OECD Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Working Papers
电子版ISSN：1815-6797
出版年度：2008
卷号：4
出版社：Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
摘要：Progress has been made during the last decade throughout the OECD area in adapting agricultural
policies to the ever changing needs of modern society. Discussions amongst OECD members and
analytical work by the Secretariat and others have supported this continuous process of policy reform. In
2002, the widely publicised OECD document A Positive Reform Agenda outlined ways to reap the benefits
of more market orientation and open trade, while simultaneously addressing a broader range of domestic
policy objectives. It was recognized that the stated objectives of agricultural policies generally fall into two
categories. Either they address issues relating to equity and income distribution, or they relate to the
correction of market failures. Market failures are often believed to be more frequent in agriculture than
elsewhere in the economy due to agriculture‘s many functions as providers of both positive and negative
externalities, and public goods.
