Libro
Jamaica: the impact of the structural adjustment process of the agricultural sector. First draft
Autor
Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA)
Marston, David
Resumen
The document is the first draft of a work on the impact of the structural adjustment process on the agricultural sector in Jamaica. The table of contents refers to: 1) background of the Jamaican economy and agriculture development; 2) agricultural baseline; 3) structural adjustment policy in the 1980s that has served to rationalize the economy-wide incentive system; reduce the extent of regulation and the size of the public sector in the economy; increase domestic savings and restore medium-term viability to the balance of payments; 4)agricultural policy reform in the 1980s, with several important sectoral policy reforms formulated to alter the incentive structure in the sector; 5) the agricultural sector response; and 6) evaluation and recommendations.