01772nam a22001697a 4500008004100000020001500041050001700056100002300073245014200096260003900238300002900277500001900306505121800325650001601543700002301559700002001582120516t        xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a1558152458  aHD9018.D44B5  aBautista, Romeo M.  aThe Bias against agriculture: trade and macroeconomic policies in developing countries. /cedited by Romeo M. Bautista and Alberto Valdes  aSan Francisco:bICS Press,cc1993.  axxii,339 p:bill;c22cm.  aIncludes index  aContents: Introduction -- The Relevance of trade and macroeconomic policies for agriculture -- Country studies -- Trade policies, relative prices, real incomes, and food consumption in Peru, 1964-1982 -- Effects of the coffee boom and government expenditures on agricultural prices in columbia -- The Oil boom, macroeconomic policies, and Nigerian agriculture: analysis of a ''Dutch disease'' phenomenon -- Agricultural pricing and the exchange rate in Zaire -- Industrial protection, foreign borrowing, and agricultural incentives in the Philippines -- Effects of exchange rate and trade policies on agricultural prices in Pakistan -- Agriculture and growth: the experience of Argentina, 1913-1984 -- Chilean agriculture in a changing economic environment -- Regional surveys -- Development strategies, industrial policies, and agricultural incentives in Asia -- The Effects of trade and macroeconomic policies on agricultural incentives in latin America -- Effects of trade and macroeconomic policies on African agriculture -- Policy issues -- Agricultural price stabilization and risk reduction in developing countries -- Some policy perspectives -- Conclusion -- Toward more rational trade and macroeconomic.   bAgriculture  aBautista, Romeo M.  aValdes, Alberto