Briefing Papers

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Enabling a Private Sector-Led Seed IndustryNovember, 2011GlobalThe EAT Project partnered with Iowa State University's Seed Science Center to produce a brief that informs policymakers and donors interested in agriculture sector reform about a key pillar of agricultural growth -- seeds. The brief outlines a series of reforms that governments can undertake to enable a more vibrant seed sector, and provides examples of effective reform activities.PDF
AMICAugust, 2011ZambiaThe EAT project, in collaboration with MSU Food Security Research Project, supported USAID and the Government of Zambia by developing an implementation strategy for legislative reform of Zambia’s maize marketing policy, including provisions for the fledgling commodity exchange and price information system.PDF
Closing a BusinessAugust, 2011GlobalAgCLIR Lessons from the Field: Closing a Business is a briefer that highlights the specific issues that must be addressed in regards to the local legal, regulatory, and institutional environments for business insolvency and foreclosure in the agricultural sector. PDF
Dealing with LicenseAugust, 2011GlobalAgCLIR Lessons from the Field: Dealing with Licenses is a briefer that highlights the specific issues that must be addressed in regards to the local legal, regulatory, and institutional environments for the various types of agricultural licenses required along a value chain. PDF
Employing WorkersAugust, 2011GlobalAgCLIR Lessons from the Field: Employing Workers is a briefer that highlights the specific issues that must be addressed in regards to the local legal, regulatory, and institutional environments underlying the flexibility of labor regulations, as well as other matters critical to the effectiveness and productivity of a country?s labor market. PDF
Enforcing ContractsAugust, 2011GlobalAgCLIR Lessons from the Field: Enforcing Contracts is a briefer that highlights the specific issues that must be addressed in regards to the local legal, regulatory, and institutional environments for business contracts in the agricultural economy. PDF
Getting CreditAugust, 2011GlobalAgCLIR Lessons from the Field: Getting Credit is a briefer that highlights the specific issues that must be addressed in regards to the local legal, regulatory, and institutional environments of the overall credit environment in a country with a particular focus on ?access to credit? for agribusinesses.PDF
Paying TaxesAugust, 2011GlobalAgCLIR Lessons from the Field: Paying Taxes is a briefer that highlights the specific issues that must be addressed in regards to the local legal, regulatory, and institutional environments underlying tax collection and compliance in a rural setting.PDF
Protecting InvestorsAugust, 2011GlobalAgCLIR Lessons from the Field: Protecting Investors is a briefer that highlights the specific issues that must be addressed in regards to the local legal, regulatory, and institutional environments for protecting and promoting agricultural investor interests. PDF
Registering PropertyAugust, 2011GlobalAgCLIR Lessons from the Field: Registering Property is a briefer that highlights the specific issues that must be addressed in regards to the local legal, regulatory, and institutional environments for registering property in a country. PDF
Starting a BusinessAugust, 2011GlobalAgCLIR Lessons from the Field: Starting a Business is a briefer that highlights the specific issues that must be addressed in regards to the local legal, regulatory, and institutional environments for starting an agribusiness. PDF
Trading Across BordersAugust, 2011GlobalAgCLIR Lessons from the Field: Trading across Borders is a briefer that highlights the specific issues that must be addressed in regards to the local legal, regulatory, and institutional environments for trade policy and trade facilitation.PDF
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