book chapter
Conclusion: Agricultural price policy for accelerating growth
1988 | Pages: 27
Publisher(s): published for the international food policy research institute (ifpri) by johns hopkins university press
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Citation
Mellor, John W.; Ahmed, Raisuddin. 1988. Conclusion: Agricultural price policy for accelerating growth. In Agricultural price policy for developing countries. Mellor, John W. and Ahmed, Raisuddin (Eds.) Chapter 16. Pp. 265-291. Baltimore, MD: Published for the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) by Johns Hopkins University Press. http://ebrary.ifpri.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15738coll2/id/129565
The public expects a responsible government to foster growth to provide greater income and well-being in the future, equity to provide a fair society and social cohesion, and stability to reduce the tensions of uncertainty and the likelihood of a sharp reduction in consumption or destruction of the means of livelihood. Growth, equity, and stability are themselves interrelated, and agricultural price policy has a potentially major and often conflicting effect on each.