Part V. What Can the International Community Do?
Author:
Pierre Jacquet
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Language:
English
Print Publication Date:
24 Oct 2012
Keywords:
BOOK; price; government; commodity; natural resource; price shock; exchange rate; income distribution; price volatility; Natural resources; Income inequality; Oil; Food prices; Consumption; Global; Sub-Saharan Africa; Africa; Asia and Pacific; Middle East

Abstract

For the first time, food price volatility and food security have become major topics of international policy discussions and cooperation. Under the French presidency in 2011, the G-20 elevated these subjects as priorities, and the final declaration of the Cannes Summit in November 2011 included a number of provisions to address them. The G-20 declaration (Voituriez, 2012) was simultaneously hailed by some as usefully contributing to the issues at hand and charting a promising course of action and criticized by others for not addressing or being shy on fundamental issues such as speculation on food markets and the role of biofuels.

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Cover Commodity Price Volatility and Inclusive Growth in Low-Income Countries
Commodity Price Volatility and Inclusive Growth in Low-Income Countries
ISBN:
9781616353797
Publication Date:
24 Oct 2012
Publisher:
International Monetary Fund
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781616353797.071
Pages:
408
Front Matter
Chapter 1. Introduction
Part I. Commodity Price Volatility: Challenges
Part II. Macroeconomic Policy Options for Low-Income Countries
Part III. Inclusive Growth Policies in Low-Income Countries
Part IV. Regional and Country Experiences with Inclusive Growth and Commodity Price Volatility
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