Commodity Market Reform in Africa : Some Recent Experience

Since the early 1980s, dramatic changes in export commodity markets, shocks associated with resulting price declines, and changing views on the role of the state have ushered in widespread reforms to agricultural commodity markets in Africa. The re...

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Main Authors:	Akiyama, Takamasa, Baffes, John, Larson, Donald F., Varangis, Panos
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL MARKETS AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BANK LENDING CAPITAL FORMATION CENTRAL PLANNING COCOA COCOA PRICES COFFEE COFFEE PRICES COFFEE PRODUCTION COMMODITY COMMODITY PRICES COMPETITION POLICY CONSUMERS COOPERATIVES COTTON CROP CROP PRICES CROPS DEBT DEVALUATION DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DOMESTIC MARKETS DONOR AGENCIES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC LIFE ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POWER ECONOMIC PROBLEMS ECONOMIC STRATEGIES ECONOMISTS EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXPLOITATION EXPORT CROPS EXPORT MARKETS EXPORTS FARM FARM PRODUCTIVITY FARMERS FERTILIZER FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD CROPS FREE TRADE GRAIN GROWTH IN AGRICULTURE HUMAN CAPITAL IFPRI INCOME INCOME LEVELS INDUSTRIALIZATION INPUT USE INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVENTORIES MACROECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT MACROECONOMIC POLICIES MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION MAIZE MARKET CONDITIONS MARKET EFFICIENCY MARKET FORCES MARKET INTEGRATION MARKET LIBERALIZATION MARKET REFORMS MARKET STUDIES MARKETING MARKETING BOARDS MIDDLEMEN MONOPOLIES MULTIPLIER EFFECTS OIL OIL PRICES OPEC PLANTATIONS POLICY INSTRUMENTS POOR HOUSEHOLDS PRICE CONTROLS PRICE DECLINES PRICE FLUCTUATIONS PRICE VOLATILITY PRICING POLICIES PRODUCE PRODUCER PRICES PRODUCERS PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTIVITY REGULATORY SYSTEMS RICE RICE PRODUCTION RURAL COMMUNITIES STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT STRUCTURAL CHANGE SUGAR TAXATION TERMS OF TRADE TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE REFORMS WELFARE GAINS WORLD MARKETS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/03/2183608/commodity-market-reform-africa-some-recent-experience http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19160

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Commodity Market Reform in Africa : Some Recent Experience

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