The Structure of Government Intervention in African Agriculture

R. Lopez and I. Hathie
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Rigoberto Lopez and Ramon Lopez

Journal of Development Studies, 2000, vol. 37, issue 1, 57-72

Abstract: This article examines the determinants of various rates of agricultural subsidies (output, input, exchange rate distortions, and aggregate) using commodity-level data from eight African countries in the 1980s. Econometric results indicate that structural adjustment policies were more effective in reforming exchange rate distortions than in liberalising commodity markets. Output policies are determined within the national context while input subsidies are more responsive to commodity-specific conditions. Further-more, agricultural subsidies were strongly influenced by the degree of urbanisation and by the number of people per unit of arable land in a manner consistent with cheap food policy strategies.

Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.1080/713600058

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