TY - BOOK AU - Pelupessy,Wim AU - Ruben,Ruerd TI - Agrarian policies in Central America SN - 0333753860 U1 - 338.18728 21 PY - 2000/// CY - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, New York PB - Macmillan Press, St. Martin's Press KW - Agriculture and state KW - Central America KW - Agriculture KW - Economic aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-202) and index N2 - Macroeconomic adjustment and sectoral reforms have strongly modified the framework for rural development in Central America. Local producers have only... received marginal benefits from the liberalization of markets and the privatization of financial and commercial services.This book offers a structural analysis of agrarian policies in Central America and their impact on production conditions and farmers' welfare. Segmentation of rural factor and product markets and institutional failures have imposed severe constraints on the effectiveness of the applied policy instruments UR - http://repository.fue.edu.eg/xmlui/handle/123456789/2550 ER -