Commodity price uncertainty in developing countries

Uncertainty about commodity export prices is important to developing countries -- both governments and producers -- that export primary commodities. Commodity export price uncertainty is typically measured as the standard deviation in the terms of trade. There are three problems with this approach:...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dehn, Jan
Corporate Author: Banco Mundial
Format: Book
Published: Washington, D.C. World Bank. Development Research Group. Rural Development 2000
Series:Policy research working paper no. 2426
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