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Does Agricultural Growth in Poor Countries Harm Agricultural‐Exporting Rich Countries?

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The commonly held view that agricultural‐exporting developed countries would lose from agricultural growth in less‐developed countries (LDCs) is shown to be based on an incomplete argument. It considers only the effects on LDC agricultural supply, or at best only that and the first‐round effects of increased farmer incomes on the demand for tradables. What also needs to be considered is the effect on the demand for nontradables and hence the second‐round effects of increased spending by producers of nontradables. When all these effects are considered, the positive correlations obtained between agricultural output growth in LDCs and agricultural imports from developed countries is not surprising. It is then shown that selling or giving away agricultural research and management skills to developing countries can be beneficial to developed countries, including agricultural exporters: by setting out to do good, they may end up also doing well.

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  • Kym Anderson, 1989. "Does Agricultural Growth in Poor Countries Harm Agricultural‐Exporting Rich Countries?," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 3(4), pages 309-321, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:agecon:v:3:y:1989:i:4:p:309-321
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.1989.tb00093.x
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    1. Lawrence, Janet (ed.), 1994. "A Profit in Our Own Country: Record of a seminar conducted by the Crawford Fund for International Agricultural Research, Parliament House, Canberra, May 17 1994," Monographs, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, number 118450.
    2. Paarlberg, Robert L., 0. "Agricultural Development And The Third World Market For U.S. Farm Exports," Increasing Understanding of Public Problems and Policies, Farm Foundation.
    3. Unknown, 1987. "Building on Success: Agricultural Research, Technology, and Policy for Development; Report of a symposium held at Canberra 14 May 1987," Technical Reports 113878, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research.

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