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TCAS Working Document No. 57 Agricultural Development Policies in the
Near East: Situation, Issues, Institutional Requirements and Approaches Proceedings 6 - 7 December 2003 |
ABSTRACT
A Regional Workshop on Institution Building for Agricultural Policies in the Near East was organized jointly by FAO and the Syrian National Agricultural Policy Center (NAPC) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform with the support of the Italian funded project GCP/SYR/006/ITA on 6 and 7 December 2003 in Damascus. Discussions focused on the need to share experiences and to develop an institutional capability for food and agricultural policies at the country level, identifying synergies and complementarities with regional and international cooperation endeavours. This document presents the outcome of the Workshop discussions and the papers prepared for it. These cover the current situation, issues and prospects of food and agricultural policies in the Near East Region; a review of the literature and of the experience with institutional requirements and approaches for policy analysis, including capacity development; and, lastly, the case of the NAPC is reported in detail, as a concrete illustration of institution building and capacity development. It is hoped that the issues raised and recommendations made will be followed up in the framework of the newly established Near East and North Africa Network for Agricultural Policies (NENARNAP). |
Policy Assistance Division
TCA/RNEP with the support of
Project GCP/SYR/006/ITA - Phase II
ACRONYMS
1. INTRODUCTION
2. ORGANIZATION
3. REPORT ON PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS
4. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
5. BACKGROUND PAPERS
1. Introduction
2. Agriculture in the Near East Region3. Challenges for Agricultural Development in the Region
3.1 Natural Resource Constraints
3.2 Policy Challenges
3.3 Institutional Challenges4. Major Agricultural Policy Issues in the Near East Region
5. Prospects and Emerging Issues for Agricultural Development in the RegionPart I. Research and Policy: Linkages and Governance by Luca Salvatici
Summary
1. Introduction
2. Policy-related social science research in agriculturePolicy analysis: some general conceptual notions
Alternative approaches to the interpretation of the food and agricultural policy process
Analytical methods for measuring returns to policy research3. Policy analysis: incentives and performances
Results of policy analysis as a public or private good
Using policy analysis
Governance and modes of operation of policy analysis institutions
Bridging research and policy
Evaluating research and assessing performancePart II. Capacity Development for Policy Analysis - by Maria Grazia Quieti
Functions
Food and agricultural policy domains
The need: general considerations
At national level and with regional and international cooperation
6. GLOSSARY
ANNEX 1: LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
ANNEX 2: WORKSHOP PROGRAMME
ANNEX 3: LIST OF MATERIALS