• Contents - Definitions and Notes - Acronyms and initials
• 1.- Introduction : Prospects for the world economy - Trade and pricing policies in world agriculture

Part I - The Hesitant Recovery and Prospects for Sustained Growth

• 2. The hesitant recovery: The industrial countries - The developing countries
• 3. Opportunities for growth: Policies for growth in developing countries - A decade of opportunity, 1985-1995 - Policy requirements for the High case - Developing-country prospects - Capital flows and debt - International initiatives and the role of the Bank.

Part II - Trade and Pricing Policies in World Agriculture

• 4. Agricultural policies in developing countries: exchange rates, prices, and taxation: Economy-wide policies and agriculture - Agriculture as a source of tax revenues.
• 5. Agricultural policies in developing countries: marketing and stabilization, subsidies, and policy reform: Marketing and stabilization - Consumer subsidies - Producer support programs - Policy reforms
• 6. Agricultural policies in industrial countries: The characteristics of agricultural policies - The domestic gains and losses from agricultural policies - International consequences
• 7. International initiatives in agricultural trade: International commodity agreements - Compensatory finance - Trade preferences - Food aid
• 8. National and international priorities in agriculture: Priorities in developing countries - Trade liberalization - The GATT negotiations - The role of the World Bank

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• Statistical appendix
• Bibliographical note
• World Development Indicators

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