Turkmenistan The Burden of Current Agricultural Policies

Gonzalo Pastor and Ron van Rooden

Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 2004, vol. 40, issue 1, 35-58

Abstract: The paper analyzes the opportunity costs of current agricultural policies in Turkmenistan. It argues that the opportunity costs 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 strategy for the agricultural sector.

Keywords: agricultural policies; cost of protection; transition economies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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