Contents

pp ix-xiii

List of figures

pp xiv-xiv

List of tables

pp xv-xvi

Preface

pp xvii-xvii

Acknowledgements

pp xviii-xix

List of conference participants

pp xx-xxii

1 - Introduction: from macro to maize

pp 1-12

Part One - Open economy analysis

pp 13-14

2 - Sequencing and welfare: labour markets and agriculture

pp 15-39

Discussion

pp 39-41

3 - Agricultural adjustment and the Mexico-USA free trade agreement

pp 42-62

Discussion

pp 63-65

4 - Do the benefits of fixed exchange rates outweigh their costs? The CFA Zone in Africa

pp 66-85

Discussion

pp 86-92

5 - Adjustment and the rural sector: a counterfactual analysis of Morocco

pp 93-116

Discussion

pp 117-122

Part Two - The small country assumption and trade reform

pp 123-124

6 - Exchange reforms, supply response, and inflation in Africa

pp 125-144

Discussion

pp 145-149

7 - Taxes versus quotas: the case of cocoa exports

pp 150-169

Discussion

pp 170-171

8 - Trade reform and the small country assumption

pp 172-196

Discussion

pp 197-200

Part Three - Risk and adjustment

pp 201-202

9 - Markets, stabilisation and structural adjustment in Eastern European agriculture

pp 203-218

Discussion

pp 219-221

10 - Should marketing boards stabilise prices through forward purchases?

pp 222-239

Discussion

pp 240-242

Part Four - Government's role

pp 243-244