The Regulation of Agriculture in Developing East Asia

Developing countries across East Asia have made impressive progress in economic development. Despite the effect of the 1997-1998 financial crisis, poverty rates in the region have been consistently declining. Agriculture played a key role by drivin...

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Main Authors:	Divanbeigi, Raian, Kayumova, Marina
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION FINANCE GROWTH POLICY REGULATION ACCESS TO FINANCE INFRASTRUCTURE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/101931500536384332/The-regulation-of-agriculture-in-developing-East-Asia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28403

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spelling	okr-10986-284032021-05-25T09:03:14Z The Regulation of Agriculture in Developing East Asia Divanbeigi, Raian Kayumova, Marina AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION FINANCE GROWTH POLICY REGULATION ACCESS TO FINANCE INFRASTRUCTURE Developing countries across East Asia have made impressive progress in economic development. Despite the effect of the 1997-1998 financial crisis, poverty rates in the region have been consistently declining. Agriculture played a key role by driving growth in the early stages of industrialization. It also contributed to reducing rural poverty by including smallholders into modern food markets and creating jobs in agriculture and agroindustry. As incomes rise and countries urbanize, the composition of domestic food expenditure is shifting from basic and unprocessed staple foods to meat, horticulture and processed foods. In order to take full advantage of these emerging trade opportunities policy makers across East Asian countries must support agribusinesses with effective regulations. Benchmarking regulatory frameworks in East Asian economies through the EBA indicators suggests few general trends. First, these countries tend to perform better on efficiency than on legal components. Second, most countries over perform the global average on fertilizer regulations but fail to do so when regulating seed systems. Third, access to markets and finance regulations are two areas where regulation in the region is particularly weak. 2017-09-25T21:23:38Z 2017-09-25T21:23:38Z 2017 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/101931500536384332/The-regulation-of-agriculture-in-developing-East-Asia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28403 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper East Asia and Pacific East Asia
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description	Developing countries across East Asia have made impressive progress in economic development. Despite the effect of the 1997-1998 financial crisis, poverty rates in the region have been consistently declining. Agriculture played a key role by driving growth in the early stages of industrialization. It also contributed to reducing rural poverty by including smallholders into modern food markets and creating jobs in agriculture and agroindustry. As incomes rise and countries urbanize, the composition of domestic food expenditure is shifting from basic and unprocessed staple foods to meat, horticulture and processed foods. In order to take full advantage of these emerging trade opportunities policy makers across East Asian countries must support agribusinesses with effective regulations. Benchmarking regulatory frameworks in East Asian economies through the EBA indicators suggests few general trends. First, these countries tend to perform better on efficiency than on legal components. Second, most countries over perform the global average on fertilizer regulations but fail to do so when regulating seed systems. Third, access to markets and finance regulations are two areas where regulation in the region is particularly weak.
format	Working Paper
author	Divanbeigi, Raian Kayumova, Marina
author_facet	Divanbeigi, Raian Kayumova, Marina
author_sort	Divanbeigi, Raian
title	The Regulation of Agriculture in Developing East Asia
title_short	The Regulation of Agriculture in Developing East Asia
title_full	The Regulation of Agriculture in Developing East Asia
title_fullStr	The Regulation of Agriculture in Developing East Asia
title_full_unstemmed	The Regulation of Agriculture in Developing East Asia
title_sort	regulation of agriculture in developing east asia
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2017
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/101931500536384332/The-regulation-of-agriculture-in-developing-East-Asia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28403
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The Regulation of Agriculture in Developing East Asia

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