High food prices in Asia-Pacific : policy initiatives in view of supply uncertainty and price volatility
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RT Generic T1 High food prices in Asia-Pacific : policy initiatives in view of supply uncertainty and price volatility A1 Freire, Clovis, Hasan, Aynul, Malik, M. Hussain YR 2012 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12870/1242 PB United Nations AB High food prices have put increasing inflationary pressures across the Asia-Pacific region and threatened food security. Bad weather in important food-producing countries and speculation in commodity markets have affected global food supplies and added volatility to booming commodity markets that have been fueled in the long-term by increasing global demand. High food prices have threatened to slowdown economic growth, poverty reduction and inclusive sustainable development throughout the region. Countries of the region have taken various measures to address the risk of adverse effects caused by high international food prices. This paper outlines policy responses and interventions that governments in the region can make to counter the adverse impact of food inflation. OL English(30) TY - GEN T1 - High food prices in Asia-Pacific : policy initiatives in view of supply uncertainty and price volatility AU - Freire, Clovis, Hasan, Aynul, Malik, M. Hussain Y1 - 2012 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12870/1242 PB - United Nations AB - High food prices have put increasing inflationary pressures across the Asia-Pacific region and threatened food security. Bad weather in important food-producing countries and speculation in commodity markets have affected global food supplies and added volatility to booming commodity markets that have been fueled in the long-term by increasing global demand. High food prices have threatened to slowdown economic growth, poverty reduction and inclusive sustainable development throughout the region. Countries of the region have taken various measures to address the risk of adverse effects caused by high international food prices. This paper outlines policy responses and interventions that governments in the region can make to counter the adverse impact of food inflation. @misc{20.500.12870_1242 author = {Freire, Clovis, Hasan, Aynul, Malik, M. Hussain}, title = {High food prices in Asia-Pacific : policy initiatives in view of supply uncertainty and price volatility}, year = {2012}, abstract = {High food prices have put increasing inflationary pressures across the Asia-Pacific region and threatened food security. Bad weather in important food-producing countries and speculation in commodity markets have affected global food supplies and added volatility to booming commodity markets that have been fueled in the long-term by increasing global demand. High food prices have threatened to slowdown economic growth, poverty reduction and inclusive sustainable development throughout the region. Countries of the region have taken various measures to address the risk of adverse effects caused by high international food prices. This paper outlines policy responses and interventions that governments in the region can make to counter the adverse impact of food inflation.}, url = {https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12870/1242} } @misc{20.500.12870_1242 author = {Freire, Clovis, Hasan, Aynul, Malik, M. Hussain}, title = {High food prices in Asia-Pacific : policy initiatives in view of supply uncertainty and price volatility}, year = {2012}, abstract = {High food prices have put increasing inflationary pressures across the Asia-Pacific region and threatened food security. Bad weather in important food-producing countries and speculation in commodity markets have affected global food supplies and added volatility to booming commodity markets that have been fueled in the long-term by increasing global demand. High food prices have threatened to slowdown economic growth, poverty reduction and inclusive sustainable development throughout the region. Countries of the region have taken various measures to address the risk of adverse effects caused by high international food prices. This paper outlines policy responses and interventions that governments in the region can make to counter the adverse impact of food inflation.}, url = {https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12870/1242} } TY - GEN T1 - High food prices in Asia-Pacific : policy initiatives in view of supply uncertainty and price volatility AU - Freire, Clovis, Hasan, Aynul, Malik, M. Hussain UR - https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12870/1242 PB - United Nations AB - High food prices have put increasing inflationary pressures across the Asia-Pacific region and threatened food security. Bad weather in important food-producing countries and speculation in commodity markets have affected global food supplies and added volatility to booming commodity markets that have been fueled in the long-term by increasing global demand. High food prices have threatened to slowdown economic growth, poverty reduction and inclusive sustainable development throughout the region. Countries of the region have taken various measures to address the risk of adverse effects caused by high international food prices. This paper outlines policy responses and interventions that governments in the region can make to counter the adverse impact of food inflation.Metadata
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High food prices have put increasing inflationary pressures across the Asia-Pacific region and threatened food security. Bad weather in important food-producing countries and speculation in commodity markets have affected global food supplies and added volatility to booming commodity markets that have been fueled in the long-term by increasing global demand. High food prices have threatened to slowdown economic growth, poverty reduction and inclusive sustainable development throughout the region. Countries of the region have taken various measures to address the risk of adverse effects caused by high international food prices. This paper outlines policy responses and interventions that governments in the region can make to counter the adverse impact of food inflation.