Download This PaperTurkmenistan The Burden of Current Agricultural Policies
25 Pages Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Date Written: June 2000
Abstract
This paper analyses the economic costs of current agricultural policies in Turkmenistan. It argues that the opportunity cost of continuing with these policies is very high for the budget, the average farmer, and the economy as a whole. The paper calls for the development of nontraditional agricultural crops, which are more profitable than wheat and cotton in the international commodity markets, and a comprehensive and sustained reform strategy for the agricultural sector.
Keywords: agricultural policies transition economies cost of protection
JEL Classification: O11 O13 O21 Q1
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Pastor, Gonzalo and van Rooden, Ron, Turkmenistan
The Burden of Current Agricultural Policies (June 2000). IMF Working Paper No. 00/98, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=879655
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