Food Price Volatility and Domestic Stabilization Policies in Developing Countries

When food prices spike in countries with large numbers of poor people, public intervention is essential to alleviate hunger and malnutrition. For governments, this is also a case of political survival. Government actions often take the form of dire...

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Main Author:	Gouel, Christophe
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL PRICES AGRICULTURE ARBITRAGE BENCHMARK BORDER PRICE BORROWING CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CEREAL PRICES CHILD LABOR CLOSED ECONOMIES CLOSED ECONOMY COLLECTIVE ACTION COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMMODITY PRICE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE MARKETS CONSUMERS CONSUMPTION LEVELS CRISES DEBT DEBTS DEMAND CURVE DEMAND FUNCTION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIRECT MARKET DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC PRICE DOMESTIC PRICES ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS RESEARCH ELASTICITY EXCESS DEMAND EXCESS SUPPLY EXPECTED UTILITY EXPECTED VALUES EXPENDITURE EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES FINANCIAL ASSETS FLOOR PRICE FLOOR PRICES FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICES FOREIGN CURRENCY FORMAL ANALYSIS FREE MARKET FREE TRADE FUTURES GLOBAL MARKET GOVERNMENT ACTIONS HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME EFFECTS INCOMES INCOMPLETE MARKETS INELASTIC DEMAND INSURANCE INTANGIBLE INTERNATIONAL TRADE ITC LIQUIDITY LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MACROECONOMICS MARGINAL BENEFITS MARGINAL COST MARGINAL UTILITY MARKET BEHAVIOR MARKET CONTROL MARKET EQUILIBRIUM MARKET FAILURE MARKET FAILURES MARKET INTEGRATION MARKET LIBERALIZATION MARKET PRICE MARKET STABILIZATION MARKET TRANSPARENCY MARKET VALUE MARKETING MOTIVATION MULTILATERAL TRADE NATIONAL INCOME NATURAL DISASTERS OPEN ECONOMIES OPEN ECONOMY OPPORTUNITY COST OPPORTUNITY COSTS PECUNIARY EXTERNALITIES PER CAPITA INCOME POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL UNREST PORTFOLIO PRICE BAND PRICE BANDS PRICE CEILING PRICE CHANGE PRICE CHANGES PRICE FLUCTUATIONS PRICE INCREASE PRICE INCREASES PRICE INDEX PRICE INSTABILITY PRICE LEVEL PRICE MOVEMENTS PRICE POLICY PRICE RISK PRICE RISKS PRICE STABILITY PRICE STABILIZATION PRICE SUBSIDIES PRICE TRENDS PRICE UNCERTAINTY PRICE VARIATIONS PRICE VOLATILITY PRIVATE MARKETS PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PUBLIC POLICY PURCHASING PURCHASING POWER REDISTRIBUTIVE EFFECTS RISK AVERSE RISK AVERSION RISK EXPOSURE RISK MANAGEMENT RISK MARKETS RISK SHARING SAFETY SAFETY NET SAFETY NETS SALE SALES SAVINGS SECURITY CONCERNS SELLING PRICE SELLING PRICES SHARE OF STOCKS SOCIAL PROTECTION SPREAD STABILIZATION POLICIES STABILIZATION POLICY STOCK MANAGEMENT STOCK MARKET STOCKS SURPLUS SURPLUSES TAX TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY TRADES TRANSACTION COSTS URUGUAY ROUND VALUATION WAGE RATES WORLD MARKET WORLD MARKETS WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO
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Food Price Volatility and Domestic Stabilization Policies in Developing Countries

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