Impact of world commodity prices on developing countries.
Contributors: European Parliament.
Series: Working papers. Development series ;; DEVE 103 EN; Working papers (European Parliament. Directorate General for Research).; DEVE 103 EN
Publisher: European Parliament
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Luxembourg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 61
Subjects: Prices -- Developing countries.; Commercial products -- Developing countries.; International economic relations.; Commodity control -- Developing countries.; Produits de base -- Prix.; Matières premières -- Prix.; Produits de base -- Prix -- Pays en voie de développement.; Produits commerciaux -- Pays en voie de développement.; Nouvel ordre économique international.; Produits commerciaux -- Réglementation -- Pays en voie de développement.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 57-59).
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1. WHY COMMODITY PRICES ARE A PROBLEM FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; title: 1.1. Introduction; title: 1.2. The nature of the problem; title: 1.3. Trends in prices; title: 1.4. Characteristics of commodities and prices; title: 2. POLICIES TO HELP COMMODITY-DEPENDENT COUNTRIES; title: 2.1. Reducing dependence on commodities; title: 2.2. Diversification among commodities; title: 2.3. National and international stocks; title: 2.4. Commodity derivative instruments; title: 2.5. Insurance schemes: The International Task Force on commodity risk management in developing countries (ITF) proposal; title: 2.6. Compensation schemes; title: 2.7. Compensation payments to the poor within countries who face low or fluctuating incomes; title: 3. CONCLUSIONS; title: Table 1 - Indices of market prices for non-fuel commodities, -and petroleum, 1997-2000; title: Table 2 - Countries dependent on a single primary commodity for export earnings; title: Table 3 - Lome commodity protocols: provisions and beneficiaries; title: Table 4 - Dependence of ACP beneficiary countries on exports of protocol products; title: Table 5 - An overview of financial instruments to manage risk; title: Table 6 - A list of members of the ITF; title: Chart 1 - Cycles in real prices of non-fuel commodities.