Using Markets to Deal with Commodity Price Volatility : What Can Governments and Donors Do to Develop Markets that Ameliorate Commodity Price Volatility?

Commodities are often at the heart of local and sometimes national economies. Commodity prices are notoriously volatile, creating instability and uncertainty for commodity-dependent developing countries. Commodity price instability undermines econo...

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Main Authors: Larson, Donald, Varangis, Panos
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1999/01/717442/using-markets-deal-commodity-price-volatility-can-governments-donors-develop-markets-ameliorate-commodity-price-volatility
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spelling okr-10986-115022021-06-14T11:03:27Z Using Markets to Deal with Commodity Price Volatility : What Can Governments and Donors Do to Develop Markets that Ameliorate Commodity Price Volatility? Larson, Donald Varangis, Panos ASSET MANAGEMENT AUDITING BANK RESERVES BANKING SERVICES BASIS RISK BROKERS CENTRAL BANKS COMMISSIONS COMMODITIES CONSUMERS CREDIT RATINGS DEBT DERIVATIVES DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS EXCHANGE RATE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS FINANCIAL REFORM FISCAL CONDITIONS FOREIGN EXCHANGE FUELS FUTURES GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION IMPORTS INCOME INDEMNITY INSURANCE INSURANCE MARKETS INVENTORIES LAWS MARKET INSTRUMENTS MARKET LIBERALIZATION MARKET PRICES METALS PERVERSE INCENTIVES PRICE CHANGES PRICE RISK PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATIZATION PRODUCERS PROGRAMS RESERVES RISK MANAGEMENT SAFETY NETS SECURITIES SOVEREIGN RISK STOCKS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE COMMODITY PRICE FLUCTUATIONS COMMODITY PRICES COMMODITY PRICING POLICY COMMODITY STABILIZATION MARKET-BASED INSTRUMENTS RISK MANAGEMENT TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE STATE INTERVENTION Commodities are often at the heart of local and sometimes national economies. Commodity prices are notoriously volatile, creating instability and uncertainty for commodity-dependent developing countries. Commodity price instability undermines economic growth and skews the distribution of income. As a result, nearly every government has tried to manage commodity price risks. This Note discusses different sets of commodity pricing policies and the barriers to their risk management. 2012-08-13T15:14:34Z 2012-08-13T15:14:34Z 1999-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1999/01/717442/using-markets-deal-commodity-price-volatility-can-governments-donors-develop-markets-ameliorate-commodity-price-volatility http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11502 English PREM Notes; No. 13 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research
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topic ASSET MANAGEMENT
AUDITING
BANK RESERVES
BANKING SERVICES
BASIS RISK
BROKERS
CENTRAL BANKS
COMMISSIONS
COMMODITIES
CONSUMERS
CREDIT RATINGS
DEBT
DERIVATIVES
DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMICS
EXCHANGE RATE
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
FINANCIAL REFORM
FISCAL CONDITIONS
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FUELS
FUTURES
GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION
IMPORTS
INCOME
INDEMNITY
INSURANCE
INSURANCE MARKETS
INVENTORIES
LAWS
MARKET INSTRUMENTS
MARKET LIBERALIZATION
MARKET PRICES
METALS
PERVERSE INCENTIVES
PRICE CHANGES
PRICE RISK
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATIZATION
PRODUCERS
PROGRAMS
RESERVES
RISK MANAGEMENT
SAFETY NETS
SECURITIES
SOVEREIGN RISK
STOCKS
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE COMMODITY PRICE FLUCTUATIONS
COMMODITY PRICES
COMMODITY PRICING POLICY
COMMODITY STABILIZATION
MARKET-BASED INSTRUMENTS
RISK MANAGEMENT
TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE
STATE INTERVENTION
spellingShingle ASSET MANAGEMENT
AUDITING
BANK RESERVES
BANKING SERVICES
BASIS RISK
BROKERS
CENTRAL BANKS
COMMISSIONS
COMMODITIES
CONSUMERS
CREDIT RATINGS
DEBT
DERIVATIVES
DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMICS
EXCHANGE RATE
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
FINANCIAL REFORM
FISCAL CONDITIONS
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FUELS
FUTURES
GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION
IMPORTS
INCOME
INDEMNITY
INSURANCE
INSURANCE MARKETS
INVENTORIES
LAWS
MARKET INSTRUMENTS
MARKET LIBERALIZATION
MARKET PRICES
METALS
PERVERSE INCENTIVES
PRICE CHANGES
PRICE RISK
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATIZATION
PRODUCERS
PROGRAMS
RESERVES
RISK MANAGEMENT
SAFETY NETS
SECURITIES
SOVEREIGN RISK
STOCKS
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE COMMODITY PRICE FLUCTUATIONS
COMMODITY PRICES
COMMODITY PRICING POLICY
COMMODITY STABILIZATION
MARKET-BASED INSTRUMENTS
RISK MANAGEMENT
TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE
STATE INTERVENTION
Larson, Donald
Varangis, Panos
Using Markets to Deal with Commodity Price Volatility : What Can Governments and Donors Do to Develop Markets that Ameliorate Commodity Price Volatility?
relation PREM Notes; No. 13
description Commodities are often at the heart of local and sometimes national economies. Commodity prices are notoriously volatile, creating instability and uncertainty for commodity-dependent developing countries. Commodity price instability undermines economic growth and skews the distribution of income. As a result, nearly every government has tried to manage commodity price risks. This Note discusses different sets of commodity pricing policies and the barriers to their risk management.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Larson, Donald
Varangis, Panos
author_facet Larson, Donald
Varangis, Panos
author_sort Larson, Donald
title Using Markets to Deal with Commodity Price Volatility : What Can Governments and Donors Do to Develop Markets that Ameliorate Commodity Price Volatility?
title_short Using Markets to Deal with Commodity Price Volatility : What Can Governments and Donors Do to Develop Markets that Ameliorate Commodity Price Volatility?
title_full Using Markets to Deal with Commodity Price Volatility : What Can Governments and Donors Do to Develop Markets that Ameliorate Commodity Price Volatility?
title_fullStr Using Markets to Deal with Commodity Price Volatility : What Can Governments and Donors Do to Develop Markets that Ameliorate Commodity Price Volatility?
title_full_unstemmed Using Markets to Deal with Commodity Price Volatility : What Can Governments and Donors Do to Develop Markets that Ameliorate Commodity Price Volatility?
title_sort using markets to deal with commodity price volatility : what can governments and donors do to develop markets that ameliorate commodity price volatility?
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1999/01/717442/using-markets-deal-commodity-price-volatility-can-governments-donors-develop-markets-ameliorate-commodity-price-volatility
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