Usage of diesel fuel increased in parallel with the increased usage of machines in the agricultural Sector in Turkey. Consequently, the cost of diesel fuel has taken a substantial share within the cost of agricultural products. The ongoing rising trend in diesel fuel prices forced subsidies for...

In 1997, overall spending on French agriculture (including the financing of social security for farmers)came to nearly 170 billion French francs. Some 73 billion French francs of this was in the form of aid concerning more directly the farms as production units. This aid, or "official productive...

The paper presents a brief theoretical and historical explanation of the transformative process of the Japanese economy from a stagnant agrarian society to a modern industrial one. Specifically, it analyzes the role of agriculture in the early stage of Japan's development in the last three...

To assess the aggregate level of public policy support to Indian agriculture, this paper puts together different support measures extended by central and state governments and classifies those under three categories, namely, subsidies, public investment and green box support. The aggregate...

People expect the state to create jobs and provide them with a social security net. Whatever its defects, whatever the virtues of the private sector, no structure other than the state can today provide citizens with the basic public goods. Under the present right-wing government of Nea...

The paper proposes a method to speed up the transition toward the notional contributions pension system in Italy. It seems the most appropriate manner to combine and pursue employment and financial sustainability goals. The method computes percentages for abating the old retributive pensions...

Abstract Deutsch Die Signifikanz des Thatcherismus als Ideologie liegt in einer Form autoritären Neoliberalismus, im Sinne einer Untergliederung des Nationalstaates an die Anforderungen der Wirtschaftsfreiheit. Demnach wird jede Regulierung und jeder Rechtsrahmen für das Funktionieren der...

This study is an attempt to analyze the impact of Edible Oil Deficit on Food Expenditure in Pakistan for the period 1971-2008. Edible oil deficit is one of the major concerns for the policy makers in Pakistan. Despite of having agriculture based economy; Pakistan is unable to fulfil her domestic...

This module illustrates how poverty can be defined in the context of policy impact analysis. After reporting and discussing the definition of poverty as “the lack of, or the inability to achieve, a socially acceptable standard of living”, it discusses the mono-dimensional and...

This paper addresses capacity strengthening needs in the area of ICM to support food security initiatives. It fully acknowledges that FS is a state of assuring physical availability and economic accessibility to enough food in terms of quantity (amount, distribution, calories), quality (safe,...