The Development Paradox

Johan Swinnen

Chapter Chapter 4 in The Political Economy of Agricultural and Food Policies, 2018, pp 69-86 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract One of the most puzzling stylized facts of economic policy is that developed countries subsidize their farmers, whereas developing countries tax them: the degree of discrimination against agriculture increases as farmers constitute a larger fraction of the population. This chapter documents this “development paradox” and uses political economy theories to explain it.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-50102-8_4

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