期刊名称：Discussion paper / Centre for International Economic Studies, University of Adelaide
电子版ISSN：1445-3746
出版年度：2007
卷号：1
出版社：Centre for International Economic Studies, University of Adelaide
摘要：For decades, earnings from farming in many low-income countries have been depressed by a
pro-urban bias in own-country policies, as well as by governments of richer countries favoring
their farmers with import barriers and subsidies. Both sets of policies reduce national and global
economic growth. They also add to inequality and poverty in developing countries, since most of
the world¡¯s billion poorest people depend on farming for their livelihood. Over the past two
decades numerous developing country governments have reduced their sectoral and trade policy
distortions, while some high-income countries also have begun reforming their protectionist
policies. Drawing on results from a new multi-country research project, this paper examines the
extent of South Africa¡¯s reforms relative to those of other temperate-zone Southern Hemisphere
countries, of Northern Hemisphere rich countries, and of other developing countries. It concludes
by pointing to the scope and prospects for further pro-poor policy reform at home and abroad.
关键词：Distorted incentives, agricultural and trade policy reforms
