Long-term drivers of food prices (English)

It is becoming increasingly apparent that the post-2004, across-the-board, commodity price increases, which initially appeared to be a spike similar to the ones experienced during the early 1950s (Korean War) and the 1970s (oil crises), have a more permanent character. From 1997-2004 to 2005-12 nominal prices of energy, fertilizers, and precious metals tripled, metal prices went up by more than 150 percent, and most food prices doubled. Such price...

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Baffes,John;

Dennis,Allen Curtis K.;
Document Date
2013/05/01
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Policy Research Working Paper
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WPS6455
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1
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1
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World,
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Other,
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2013/05/01
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Disclosed
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Long-term drivers of food prices
Keywords
food price

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Baffes,John; Dennis,Allen Curtis K..

Long-term drivers of food prices (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 6455 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/832971468150565490

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