Assistance to developing country agriculture and US agricultural exports : three perspectives on the current debate

agricultural exports? Different perspectives on this question are presented in the three papers contained herein. The first, by Dr. G. Edward Schuh, lists six changes over the last 25 years that have substantially altered the international economic situation - especially in terms of the size and importance of capital markets as compared to commodity markets - and reviews the implications of these changes for the United States. The second, by Dr. Earl D. Kellogg, presents evidence that Third World agricultural development has not caused the decline in U.S. exports and that, in fact, there is potentially a positive relationship between the two. The last, by Dr. Robert L. Paarlberg, describes the policy changes, farm and nonfarm, needed in both developing countries and the United States if the United States is going to realize Dr. Kellogg"s scenario and find new agricultural markets in the developing world. (Author abstract, modified)