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

Author: John Weeks

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-01-03

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 1349240257

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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.

Our Continent, Our Future
Our Continent, Our Future

Author: P. Thandika Mkandawire

Publisher: IDRC

Published: 2014-05-14

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 155250204X

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Our Continent, Our Future presents the emerging African perspective on this complex issue. The authors use as background their own extensive experience and a collection of 30 individual studies, 25 of which were from African economists, to summarize this African perspective and articulate a path for the future. They underscore the need to be sensitive to each country's unique history and current condition. They argue for a broader policy agenda and for a much more active role for the state within what is largely a market economy. Finally, they stress that Africa must, and can, compete in an increasingly globalized world and, perhaps most importantly, that Africans must assume the leading role in defining the continent's development agenda.

Argentina
Argentina

Author: International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2017-12-29

Total Pages: 83

ISBN-13: 1484335740

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This 2017 Article IV Consultation highlights that Argentina’s government has made important progress in restoring integrity and transparency in public sector operations. These policy changes have put the economy on a stronger footing and corrected many of the most urgent macroeconomic imbalances. Private consumption strengthened in 2017, supported by greater real wages and buoyant credit growth. With stronger domestic demand, the trade surplus turned into a deficit and the current account deficit increased. Annual inflation has declined from its peak in 2016, but remained relatively resilient and inflation expectations moved up, prompting the central bank to raise interest rates. Going forward, GDP growth is expected to consolidate, inflation inertia will slowly subside, and the fiscal deficit will gradually fall.

Taxation in Agriculture
Taxation in Agriculture

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2020-02-10

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 9264859055

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This review of taxation in agriculture in 35 OECD countries and emerging economies outlines the diversity of tax provisions affecting agriculture, provides an overview of cross-country differences in tax policy, and confirms the widespread use of tax concessions specifically for agriculture, although their importance and modalities differ across tax areas and countries.

Between Interests and Law
Between Interests and Law

Author: Thomas Nathan Hale

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2015-08-07

Total Pages: 431

ISBN-13: 1107083621

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Shows how political and legal forces have shaped the evolution of a surprisingly effective regime to resolve transborder commercial disputes.

Private Wealth and Public Revenue
Private Wealth and Public Revenue

Author: Tasha Fairfield

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2015-03-05

Total Pages: 365

ISBN-13: 1107088372

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This book identifies sources of power that help business and economic elites influence policy decisions.

Women, Employment and the Family in the International Division of Labour
Women, Employment and the Family in the International Division of Labour

Author: J. Parpart

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-07-27

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 1349205141

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In the present stage of international capitalist development, women are increasingly being drawn into paid employment by multinational and state investment in the Third World. This volume investigates the interrelations between women's participation in the urban wage economy and their productive and reproductive roles in the household and family. It brings together a selection of important recent research on all major regions of the developing world by leading scholars in this emerging field. It argues that the household itself is an important determinant of the character and timing of women's labour force participation, and it assesses the extent to which family patterns can be expected to change as women increasingly work outside the home.