From a situation of food shortages, the country is now the second largest rice exporter after Thailand, and has the potential to become the world leader within ten years. This potential is constrained, however, by the relatively underdeveloped marketing system. A few large state enterprises have access to capital and export licenses, but private traders and millers are generally small and medium enterprises with limited credit and no legal access to world markets. Recent policy changes to promote internal trade liberalization and competition between central and provincial state enterprises are encouraging, but need to be moved further to permit entry of the private sector. Download full-text discussion paper .
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