Agricultural Commodity Price Volatility

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4 - Agricultural Commodity Price Volatility

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Jan Dehn ,

Christopher L. Gilbert and

Panos Varangis

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Joshua Aizenman and

Brian Pinto

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Jan Dehn: Affiliation:
Fund Manager, Ashmore Group Limited, London, UK
Christopher L. Gilbert: Affiliation:
Professor, GRADE and Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italy; Consultant Agriculture and Rural Development Department, The World Bank
Panos Varangis: Affiliation:
Vice President, Greek Agricultural Bank, Athens, Greece
Joshua Aizenman: Affiliation:
University of California, Santa Cruz
Brian Pinto: Affiliation:
The World Bank

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ABSTRACT: Traded agricultural commodities are an important source of export earnings for many developing countries, and an important component of income and expenditure for poor farmers. Thus, policies to manage the negative consequences of volatile commodity markets are a key issue for governments and policymakers. This study considers the origins, incidence, and consequences of commodity price volatility.

Over the past two decades, both the political institutions that structure the markets for internationally traded commodities and the policies that have emerged from these institutions have changed in dramatic ways. Policies based on government or multilateral interventions that had been common for decades have come to be viewed as ineffective and unsustainable. Policies and supporting institutions that were put in place to foster development have come to be viewed as impediments to growth. Nevertheless, because traded agricultural commodities remain an important source of export earnings for many developing countries and an important component of income and expenditure for poor farmers, policies to manage the negative consequences of volatile commodity markets remain a key issue for governments and policymakers.

This chapter reviews the work of applied economists and policymakers and the institutions that have come to characterize the commodity and risk markets since the 1980s. It discusses how a growing body of work has contributed to a change in thinking that has moved policy away from price and revenue stabilization goals toward policies that emphasize the management of commodity risks. The study illustrates this change in approach with new and sometimes experimental programs, with special emphasis on World Bank programs.

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Information: Managing Economic Volatility and Crises
A Practitioner's Guide
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511510755.007 [Opens in a new window]

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