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21-Nov-2005
Support to farmers in OECD countries accounted for 30% of farm receipts in 2004. While support has fallen since the mid-1980s, the current level was first reached almost a decade ago. It continues to vary widely across countries and commodities. Governments are gradually changing...
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14-Nov-2005
This review examines China’s agricultural policy context and trends while measuring the extent of support provided to its agriculture on the basis of consistent and internationally comparable analysis. It provides an objective assessment of the opportunities, constraints and trade-offs that confront China’s policy makers.
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24-Aug-2005
Every year, OECD countries transfer at least USD 400 billion to different economic sectors. Much of this support is potentially environmentally harmful.
Reforming environmentally harmful subsidies is a significant policy challenge facing OECD countries. However, untangling and assessing the effects of subsidies on the environment is a complex task. A systematic approach is required to ensure that appropriate policies are developed and the benefits of reform fully realised.
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28-Sep-2004
The study outlines a forward-looking policy agenda, assesses the development and current status of agricultural policies and institutions and presents for the first time internationally comparable estimates of support to the Ukrainian agricultural sector based on Producer and Consumer Support Estimates (PSE/CSE) developed by OECD. The study was prepared as a joint undertaking of the World Bank, the OECD and the Government of Ukraine.
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14-May-2004
This publication contains the papers presented in May 2002 at the OECD Global Forum on "Agriculture, Trade Refom, adjustment and Poverty", two questions may be asked: Why does agriculture trade reform matter in the fight agains poverty? What is the role of OECD in this context?
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13-May-2004
Identifying the optimum policy mix to ensure a vibrant and sustainable rural economy in the Baltic countries was the focus of the OECD fifth meeting with the Baltic countries in the area of agro-food policies held in Tallinn on 10-12 June 2003 and financed through the Baltic Regional Programme of the OECD's Centre for Co-operation with Non-Members.
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