Holger A. Kray IFPRI Seminar, "Monitoring agricultural incentives: A global perspective" November 18, 2016 - 12:15 PM TO 01:45 PM EST

1. Monitoring Agricultural Incentives:
Reflections on Relevance
IFPRI Policy Seminar | Nov 18, 2016| Washington, D.C.
Holger A. Kray
Head, Africa Agriculture Policy Unit
hkray@worldbank.org

2. Because standardized approaches
establish a critical evidence base to
assessing/communicating
policy impact
within & across countries.

3. Because agricultural support schemes
do not yet sufficiently promote
resilience & health outcomes
but could in fact be one of the most promising
incentives in that effort

4. Because agriculture policy distortions
tend to persist
even in times when they go very much against what the
government in question wants

5. Because -for wider policy reform dialogue-
distortions to relative incentives are a
pivotal element of the conversation

6. Because distortions analysis
constitutes a key tool for
capacity building
among
agricultural economists & policy advisers

7. [Because] Contemporary distortions
analyses offer space for further
expansion
geographical/product scope
nominal/effective measures
policy/structural distortions

8. Monitoring Agricultural Incentives:
Reflections on Relevance
IFPRI Policy Seminar | Nov 18, 2016| Washington, D.C.
Holger A. Kray
Head, Africa Agriculture Policy Unit
hkray@worldbank.org