Political Economy of Agricultural Trade Interventions in Africa

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dc.creatorBates, Robert H.
dc.creatorBlock, Steven
dc.date2017-09-07T17:10:41Z
dc.date2017-09-07T17:10:41Z
dc.date2009-05
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:35:04Z
dc.descriptionThis paper uses new data on agricultural policy interventions to examine the political economy of agricultural trade policies in Sub-Saharan Africa. Historically, African governments have discriminated against agricultural producers in general (relative to producers in non-agricultural sectors), and against producers of export agriculture in particular. While more moderate in recent years, these patterns of discrimination persist. They do so even though farmers comprise a political majority. Rather than claiming the existence of a single best approach to the analysis of policy choice, the authors explore the impact of three factors: institutions, regional inequality, and tax revenue-generation. The authors find that agricultural taxation increases with the rural population share in the absence of electoral party competition; yet, the existence of party competition turns the lobbying disadvantage of the rural majority into political advantage. The authors also find that privileged cash crop regions are particular targets for redistributive taxation, unless the country's president comes from that region. In addition, governments of resource-rich countries, while continuing to tax export producers, reduce their taxation of food consumers.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/929221468000913424/Political-economy-of-agricultural-trade-interventions-in-Africa
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/28166
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/28166
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/406666
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationAgricultural Distortions Working Paper;87
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL POLICIES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL POLICY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL SECTOR
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL SECTORS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectARABLE LAND
dc.subjectARID NORTH
dc.subjectCASH CROP
dc.subjectCASH CROPS
dc.subjectCASSAVA
dc.subjectCITIZENS
dc.subjectCOCOA
dc.subjectCOCOA INDUSTRY
dc.subjectCOFFEE INDUSTRY
dc.subjectCOMPETITIVENESS
dc.subjectCONFLICT
dc.subjectCROP PRODUCTION
dc.subjectCULTURAL CHANGE
dc.subjectDEMOCRACY
dc.subjectDISCRIMINATION
dc.subjectDOMESTIC PRICES
dc.subjectECONOMETRICS
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectEXPORTS
dc.subjectFARM HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectFARMERS
dc.subjectFOOD CONSUMERS
dc.subjectFOOD CROP
dc.subjectFOOD CROPS
dc.subjectFOOD PRICES
dc.subjectFOOD SECURITY
dc.subjectFOODCROPS
dc.subjectGDP
dc.subjectGDP PER CAPITA
dc.subjectGLOBAL MARKETS
dc.subjectGOVERNMENT POLICIES
dc.subjectGROSS NATIONAL INCOME
dc.subjectINCOME REDISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE
dc.subjectLEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectMAIZE
dc.subjectNATIONAL GOVERNMENT
dc.subjectNATIONAL POPULATION
dc.subjectNATURAL ENDOWMENTS
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subjectNUTS
dc.subjectPER CAPITA INCOME
dc.subjectPOLICY MAKERS
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectPOLITICAL LEADERSHIP
dc.subjectPOLITICAL POWER
dc.subjectPOLITICAL SUPPORT
dc.subjectPOOR
dc.subjectPOOR COUNTRIES
dc.subjectPOOR REGIONS
dc.subjectPOPULATION CHANGES
dc.subjectPRODUCTION FUNCTIONS
dc.subjectPRODUCTION OF CASH CROPS
dc.subjectPROGRESS
dc.subjectPROSPEROUS REGIONS
dc.subjectREAL GDP
dc.subjectREDISTRIBUTIVE TAXATION
dc.subjectREGIONAL ALLOCATION
dc.subjectREGIONAL DIFFERENCES
dc.subjectREGIONAL DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectREGIONAL INCOME
dc.subjectREGIONAL INEQUALITY
dc.subjectREGIONALISM
dc.subjectRESPECT
dc.subjectRICE
dc.subjectRICH REGIONS
dc.subjectRURAL
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL CONSUMERS
dc.subjectRURAL DWELLERS
dc.subjectRURAL POPULATION
dc.subjectRURAL POPULATIONS
dc.subjectRURAL SECTOR
dc.subjectSECTORAL POLICIES
dc.subjectSOCIAL WELFARE
dc.subjectSTRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION
dc.subjectSUGAR
dc.subjectTEA
dc.subjectTRADE BARRIERS
dc.subjectTRADE POLICIES
dc.subjectTRADE POLICY
dc.subjectTUBERS
dc.subjectWHEAT
dc.subjectYAMS
dc.titlePolitical Economy of Agricultural Trade Interventions in Africa
dc.typeWorking Paper
dc.typeDocument de travail
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