Publication

Jun 2011

This report looks at the impact of volatility on agricultural markets and discusses the factors that might have caused the price spikes during the 2006-08 crisis. More specifically, the author assesses what causes agricultural market volatility, reviews the way in which certain groups of countries responded to the spikes, and suggests appropriate policy responses at the national and international level.

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Author Stefan Tangermann
Series ICTSD Publications
Issue 33
Publisher International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)
Copyright © 2011 International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD). This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No-Derivative Works 3.0 License.
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