Agricultural Policies In Oecd Countries 2007 Monitoring And Evaluation

A unique source of up-to-date estimates of support to agriculture, with separate chapters which describe and evaluate agricultural policies in each OECD country, and a statistical section presenting support estimates.

This report monitors agricultural policy developments in Brazil, Bulgaria, China, India, Romania, Russia, South Africa and Ukraine following the same approach applied to OECD countries, providing a common benchmark for evaluating reforms and for facilitating international dialogue.

This annual publication provides the most comprehensive monitoring and evaluation of agricultural policies available for OECD countries. It examines the changing level and composition of support to agriculture, evaluating agricultural policy developments against a set of OECD principles for reform.

A unique source of up-to-date estimates of support to agriculture, with separate chapters which describe and evaluate agricultural policies in each OECD country, and a statistical section presenting support estimates.

This edition of Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation covers OECD member countries and is a unique source of up-to-date estimates of support to agriculture in the OECD area. It is complemented by country profiles on agricultural policy developments in OECD countries.

This annual publication presents data on the level and composition of support to agriculture, and evaluates the extent to which countries are reforming their agricultural policies. A special section is devoted to agricultural trade and the implementation of the Uruguay Round Agreement.

This annual report monitors and evaluates agricultural policies spanning all 6 continents, including the 36 OECD countries, the 6 non-OECD EU Member States, and 12 emerging economies. It is a unique source of up-to date estimates of support to agriculture using a comprehensive system of measuring and classifying support to agriculture – the Producer and Consumer Support Estimates (PSEs and CSEs), the General Services Support Estimate (GSSE) and related indicators – which provide insight into the increasingly complex nature of agricultural policy and serve as a basis for OECD’s agricultural policy monitoring and evaluation.

This annual publication provides data on the level and composition of support and protection to agriculture, and evaluates the extent to which countries are reforming their agricultural policies.