Importing High Food Prices by Exporting : Rice Prices in Lao PDR

This paper shows how a developing country, Lao PDR, imports high glutinous rice prices by exporting its staple food to neighboring countries, Vietnam and Thailand. Lao PDR has extensive export controls on rice, generating a sizable difference betwe...

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Main Authors:	Durevall, Dick, van der Weide, Roy
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL PRICE AGRICULTURE ARBITRAGE AVERAGE PRICE BARRIER BUYERS COMMERCE COMMODITY COMMODITY PRICE CONSUMER PRICE CONSUMER PRICES COST OF LIVING CUSTOMS DATA ANALYSIS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM DOMESTIC MARKETS DOMESTIC PRICE DOMESTIC PRICES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EMERGING MARKET EXCHANGE RATES EXPENDITURES FINANCIAL CRISIS FOOD GRAINS FOOD INSECURITY FOOD POLICY FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICES FOOD RESEARCH FOOD RIOTS FOOD SECURITY FOOD STAPLES FOOD SUPPLY FOOD TRANSFERS FREE TRADE GENERAL POPULATION GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY GLOBALIZATION GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS GOVERNMENT POLICY GROWTH RATES IFPRI INCOME INCOMES INFLATION INFLATION RATE INNOVATION INSPECTION INTERNATIONAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MAIZE MARKET DEVELOPMENT MARKET FAILURES MARKET INTEGRATION MARKET PRICE MARKET PRICES MARKET REFORM MARKET REGULATION MARKETING MILLS MISSING VALUES OPEN ACCESS PADDY POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL UNREST POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRICE ADVANTAGE PRICE BEHAVIOR PRICE CHANGES PRICE DYNAMICS PRICE INCREASE PRICE INCREASES PRICE INSTABILITY PRICE LEVEL PRICE PROTECTION PRICE RISKS PRICE SERIES PRICE STABILIZATION PRICE VOLATILITY PRIVATE MARKET PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTORS PROTEIN PURCHASING REFORM PROGRAM RESULT RESULTS SAFETY NETS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SPREAD STOCKS SUPPLY CHAIN SUPPLY INCREASES SURPLUS SURPLUSES TIME PERIOD TRANSACTION TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSACTIONS COSTS VALUE CHAIN VALUE CHAINS VOLATILITY WEB WFP WHEAT WINE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM WORLD MARKET
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/11/20419857/importing-high-food-prices-exporting-rice-prices-lao-pdr http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20646

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Importing High Food Prices by Exporting : Rice Prices in Lao PDR

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