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Provedor de dados: | 31
País: | United States
Título: | Effects of Maize Marketing and Trade Policy on Price Unpredictability in Zambia
Autores: | Chapoto,   Antony; Jayne,   Thomas S.
Data: | 2009-10-28
Ano: | 2009
Palavras-chave: | Zambia; Maize; Trade; Price; Crop Production/Industries; Marketing; Q11.
Resumo: | As events in the 2008/09 season have amply demonstrated, instability in staple food market                         remains a major problem in Zambia. A rise in world food price levels and instability, which is                                      projected to occur in the near future according to several international institutes, will make it                                      all more important for developing countries to consider the strengths and weaknesses of                                      alternative approaches for buffering their domestic food systems from potential high volatility                                      in world markets.                                       These findings suggest that promoting more “rules based” approaches to marketing and                                      trade                                      policy may reduce the level of policy uncertainty and the price instability associated with it.                                      Greater policy stability may also contribute to broader grain market development. For the                                      most part, addressing problems of policy uncertainty involve very little cost per se, but do                                      require greater coordination and more efficient management of government operations.                                       However, policy makers may feel that rules-based and non-discretionary marketing and trade                                      policies entails a loss of control and autonomy – leaders are bound to act according to                                      predefined rules and triggers. Successfully addressing these dilemmas may lie at the heart of                                       efforts to move to a new post-liberalization system in which governments retain the ability to                                      influence prices to achieve national food security objectives but within a clear and transparent                                      framework of credible commitment to support long run private investment in the development                                      of markets.
Tipo: | Report
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://purl.umn.edu/54499

Relação:

Michigan State University&gt;Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics&gt;Food Security Collaborative Working Papers

Food Security Research Project, Lusaka, Zambia, Working Paper

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