Findings and Policy Conclusions

Abstract

After the analyses of the impact of agricultural trade liberalization presented in the preceding chapters of this book, the questions naturally arise: What are the major findings and what do they mean for policy? To what extent do the results reflect reality and to what extent can they be ascribed to the characteristics of the analytical tool used? What are the methodological or analytical lessons to be learned from the study? These questions are addressed in this chapter. Before addressing them, however, it would be useful to reiterate the scope of the study.