Fertilizer subsidies in Africa: Are vouchers the answer?
In the 1970s and 1980s, most African countries sold fertilizer at subsidized prices through state-owned enterprises. In response to the fiscal cost and ineffective implementation of these subsidies, as well as pressure from international financial institutions, almost all of these countries liberali...
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| description | In the 1970s and 1980s, most African countries sold fertilizer at subsidized prices through state-owned enterprises. In response to the fiscal cost and ineffective implementation of these subsidies, as well as pressure from international financial institutions, almost all of these countries liberalized their fertilizer markets to some degree as part of structural adjustment programs carried out in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Under these reforms, governments eliminated state monopolies on fertilizer distribution and phased out universal subsidies. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1618592025-11-06T04:33:04Z Fertilizer subsidies in Africa: Are vouchers the answer? Minot, Nicholas Benson, Todd fertilizers subsidies In the 1970s and 1980s, most African countries sold fertilizer at subsidized prices through state-owned enterprises. In response to the fiscal cost and ineffective implementation of these subsidies, as well as pressure from international financial institutions, almost all of these countries liberalized their fertilizer markets to some degree as part of structural adjustment programs carried out in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Under these reforms, governments eliminated state monopolies on fertilizer distribution and phased out universal subsidies. 2009 2024-11-21T09:58:53Z 2024-11-21T09:58:53Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161859 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Minot, Nicholas; Benson, Todd. 2009. Fertilizer subsidies in Africa. Issue Brief 60. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161859 |
| spellingShingle | fertilizers subsidies Minot, Nicholas Benson, Todd Fertilizer subsidies in Africa: Are vouchers the answer? |
| title | Fertilizer subsidies in Africa: Are vouchers the answer? |
| title_full | Fertilizer subsidies in Africa: Are vouchers the answer? |
| title_fullStr | Fertilizer subsidies in Africa: Are vouchers the answer? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fertilizer subsidies in Africa: Are vouchers the answer? |
| title_short | Fertilizer subsidies in Africa: Are vouchers the answer? |
| title_sort | fertilizer subsidies in africa are vouchers the answer |
| topic | fertilizers subsidies |
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