Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
As the foregoing analysis has shown, the reform measures in expanding
the role of the private sector have yielded positive results, especially in the crit-
ical areas of poverty reduction, employment generation, and development of
rural infrastructure. Whether private-sector participation can be further extended
and deepened in such areas as internal marketing and the grading and quality
of goods can be proactively explored. In the final analysis, regressing on reform
is not an option—a further dismantling of controls is indeed an inescapable re-
ality. Despite their limitations, the market forces are far less wasteful of our
scarce resources than a rigidly controlled system in circumstances where inef-
ficiency and corruption are almost endemic.
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