TY  - BOOK
AU  - Weeks,John
TI  - Structural adjustment and the agricultural sector in Latin America and the Caribbean
T2  - Institute of Latin American Studies series
SN  - 0312126794
AV  - HC125 .S815 1995
U1  - 338.1/88 20
PY  - 1995///
CY  - New York, London
PB  - St. Martin's Press, in association with Institute of Latin American Studies, Univerity of London
KW  - Structural adjustment (Economic policy)
KW  - Latin America
KW  - Agriculture
KW  - Economic aspects
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction; John Weeks --; Ch. 1; Rural Development and Agrarian Issues in Contemporary Latin America; Cristobal Kay --; Ch. 2; Disentangling the Performance of Latin American Agriculture, 1980-1992; Raul Hopkins --; Ch. 3; Macroeconomic Adjustment and Latin American Agriculture since 1980; John Weeks --; Ch. 4; The Environment and Structural Adjustment: Lessons for Policy Intervention in the 1990s; Michael Redclift --; Ch. 5; Argentine Agriculture and Economic Reform in the 1990s; Hector Maletta --; Ch. 6; Structural Adjustment and Agricultural Policies: The Brazilian Experience since the 1980s; Antonio Marcio Buainain and Gervasio de Castro Rezende --; Ch. 7; Structural Adjustment and Agricultural Performance: The Chilean Case; Cristian Palma Arancibia --; Ch. 8; Adjusting to Reality: The Impact of Structural Adjustment on Honduran Agriculture; Andy Thorpe --; Ch. 9; The Impact of Structural Adjustment Policies on the Performance of Agriculture: The Case of Jamaica; Ranjit H. Singh --; Ch. 10; Conclusions; John Weeks
N2  - As a result of the regional debt crisis, most governments of Latin America in the 1980s entered into a process of profound policy change, from an import substitution oriented strategy to a focus upon export-promotion, with an emphasis upon market liberalisation. According to mainstream economic theory, the effect of this shift would be to favour agriculture; This book, with contributors from Latin America and Europe, surveys the results on agriculture of a decade of policy change, to produce new and unexpected insights. Two overview chapters assess the experience of the entire region, followed by case-studies of the major countries and a survey of the environmental impact of the new policy orientation
ER  -