Briefing: drought and structural adjustment in Australia

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dc.contributor.authorMcColl, J.C.
dc.contributor.authorYoung, M.D.
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractThis briefing paper reviews Australian policy experience in managing drought and structural adjustment policies. It finds that government assistance can often do more harm than good at the individual, regional and national level. Challenging conventional wisdom, the paper concludes that the emphasis should be on mechanisms that encourage autonomous adjustment and avoid masking information that signals the extent of the need to change and the need to plan for droughts. Business assistance should be avoided. When assistance is offered, it should be delivered as welfare assistance and encourage those willing to exit the agricultural sector to do so.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityJ. C. McColl; M. D. Young
dc.identifier.citationProceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Engineering Sustainability, 2010; 163(4):191-195
dc.identifier.doi10.1680/ensu.2010.163.4.191
dc.identifier.issn1478-4629
dc.identifier.issn1751-7680
dc.identifier.orcidYoung, M.D. [0000-0001-8205-689X]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/89255
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherICE Publishing
dc.rightsCopyright status unknown
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1680/ensu.2010.163.4.191
dc.subjectgovernment; water supply; economics & finance
dc.titleBriefing: drought and structural adjustment in Australia
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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