The Financial Crisis and Its Impacts on Global Agriculture

The financial crisis arose in the industrial countries, but has affected developing countries through higher interest rates, sharp changes in commodity prices, and reductions in investment, trade, migration, and remittances. For most low-income countries, shocks that affect food prices or wage rates...

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Main Authors: Lin, Justin Yifu, Martin, Will
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4702
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spelling okr-10986-47022021-04-23T14:02:19Z The Financial Crisis and Its Impacts on Global Agriculture Lin, Justin Yifu Martin, Will Financial Crises G010 Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Economic Development: Financial Markets Saving and Capital Investment Corporate Finance and Governance O160 Agriculture: General Q100 Agriculture: Aggregate Supply and Demand Analysis Prices Q110 The financial crisis arose in the industrial countries, but has affected developing countries through higher interest rates, sharp changes in commodity prices, and reductions in investment, trade, migration, and remittances. For most low-income countries, shocks that affect food prices or wage rates for unskilled workers seem likely to have the biggest impact on poverty, with the declines in key food prices associated with the crisis helping to reduce poverty. Policies to address the crisis must include measures to deal with: financial sector problems; the resulting reductions in aggregate demand; and the particular vulnerabilities of poor people. 2012-03-30T07:29:19Z 2012-03-30T07:29:19Z 2010 Journal Article Agricultural Economics 01695150 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4702 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article
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topic Financial Crises G010
Economic Development: Agriculture
Natural Resources
Energy
Environment
Other Primary Products O130
Economic Development: Human Resources
Human Development
Income Distribution
Migration O150
Economic Development: Financial Markets
Saving and Capital Investment
Corporate Finance and Governance O160
Agriculture: General Q100
Agriculture: Aggregate Supply and Demand Analysis
Prices Q110
spellingShingle Financial Crises G010
Economic Development: Agriculture
Natural Resources
Energy
Environment
Other Primary Products O130
Economic Development: Human Resources
Human Development
Income Distribution
Migration O150
Economic Development: Financial Markets
Saving and Capital Investment
Corporate Finance and Governance O160
Agriculture: General Q100
Agriculture: Aggregate Supply and Demand Analysis
Prices Q110
Lin, Justin Yifu
Martin, Will
The Financial Crisis and Its Impacts on Global Agriculture
relation http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
description The financial crisis arose in the industrial countries, but has affected developing countries through higher interest rates, sharp changes in commodity prices, and reductions in investment, trade, migration, and remittances. For most low-income countries, shocks that affect food prices or wage rates for unskilled workers seem likely to have the biggest impact on poverty, with the declines in key food prices associated with the crisis helping to reduce poverty. Policies to address the crisis must include measures to deal with: financial sector problems; the resulting reductions in aggregate demand; and the particular vulnerabilities of poor people.
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author Lin, Justin Yifu
Martin, Will
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Martin, Will
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title The Financial Crisis and Its Impacts on Global Agriculture
title_short The Financial Crisis and Its Impacts on Global Agriculture
title_full The Financial Crisis and Its Impacts on Global Agriculture
title_fullStr The Financial Crisis and Its Impacts on Global Agriculture
title_full_unstemmed The Financial Crisis and Its Impacts on Global Agriculture
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