Commodity exports and the adding up problem in developing countries : trade, investment, and lending policy (English)

Multilateral development banks, including the World Bank, have advocated free trade policies for developing countries, including free trade in commodities. But although free trade in commodities maximizes world welfare, it does not maximize income or welfare for countries with power on the world market (such as Brazil for coffee and Cote d'Ivoire for cocoa). If the reference group selected is developing countries as a whole, or the coffee or cocoa...

DETAILS

Author

Schiff,Maurice;
Document Date
1994/08/31
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS1338
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Doc Name
Commodity exports and the adding up problem in developing countries : trade, investment, and lending policy
Keywords
export tax

DOWNLOADS

COMPLETE REPORT

Official version of document (may contain signatures, etc)

Official PDF
TXT*
Download Stats
*The text version is uncorrected OCR text and is included solely to benefit users with slow connectivity.

Citation

Schiff,Maurice.

Commodity exports and the adding up problem in developing countries : trade, investment, and lending policy (English). Policy, Research working paper ; no. WPS 1338 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/655111468741345456

Commodity exports and the adding up problem in developing countries : trade, investment, and lending policy (English)

DETAILS

DOWNLOADS

COMPLETE REPORT

Citation

SUBSCRIBE TO EMAIL ALERTS