Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Russia

This is a product of a research project on Distortions to Agricultural Incentives, under the leadership of Kym Anderson of the World Bank’s Development Research Group (www.worldbank.org/agdistortions). The authors thank Kym Anderson and Johan Swinnen for providing guidance on the study, as well as specific comments. Special gratitude also goes to Olga Melyukhina for a thorough review of the paper, and extensive help in using the OECD PSE database for Russia. The following individuals also gave valuable comments: Eugenia Serova, Natalia Karlova, Olga Shick, Mathew Shane, Shahla Shapouri, John Dunmore, Barry Krissoff, Mary Anne Normile, Michael Trueblood, and the participants in the World Bank project workshops in Washington and Bonn. Elena Chernigina provided research assistance.

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