Tariff-based Commodity Price Stabilization Schemes in Venezuela


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Of the stabilization schemes proposed to ease the liberalization of quota-driven, price-managed domestic markets for several "essential" commodities, the wide price band - based on a moving average of nominal border prices - is the least offensive. It provides benefits when price movements are extreme but preserves average international price signals.





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Education and Productivity in Developing Countries


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Education is an important determinant of aggregate real output and productivity, but its effect varies considerably across countries and regions- ranging from negative to more than 5 percent a year in this sample.




Foreign Direct Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa


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Foreign investment is even less likely to meet Sub-Saharan Africa's rising foreign exchange and savings gaps in the 1990s than in the dismal 1980s. Investors interested in Sub-Saharan Africa are more likely to commit technology and management than equity capital. Economic activity and overall economic policy may be more effective at raising the total volume of investment than special fiscal and other incentives.







Poverty and Development


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Government Policies Affecting the Use of Commodity Price Risk Management and Access to Commodity Finance in Developing Countries


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"This paper attempts to collect and systematize various pieces of UNCTAD's work related to government actions which affect the ability of producers, traders, exporters, importers and the government itself to use risk management markets and to enhance their access to much needed finance. The paper also benefits from additional materials produced elsewhere."--Introduction.




Handbook of Latin American Studies


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Contains scholarly evaluations of books and book chapters as well as conference papers and articles published worldwide in the field of Latin American studies. Covers social sciences and the humanities in alternate years.