The plundering of agriculture in developing countries (English)

Industry has been the darling of development, certainly for the now-industrial countries, and more recently for the developing countries. Those with the reins of policy in developing countries decided that agriculture was impervious to price incentives, so they believed that taxing it would sacrifice little in output. Moreover, agricultural taxes were easy to administer and extremely attractive in countries with a thin tax base. Also, shifting scarce...

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Schiff,Maurice;

Valdes,Alberto;
Document Date
1992/09/30
Document Type
Publication
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11231
Volume No
1
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1
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World,
Region
Other,
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2002/09/19
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Disclosed
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The plundering of agriculture in developing countries
Keywords
Agriculture

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Schiff,Maurice; Valdes,Alberto.

The plundering of agriculture in developing countries (English). EDI seminar paper|World Bank Institute (WBI)|no. 48*World Bank Institute (WBI) Washington DC ; World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/401231468322430089

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