"Feenstra and Kee study the link between export product variety and country productivity based on data from 34 … with within-country GDP maximization, as well as cross-country comparison. The authors construct country productivity based … on relative endowments and product variety. Increases in output product variety improve country productivity as the new …

inflation, and hurt growth. Although commodity prices have come down recently, the benefits are being clouded by the emergence … monetary policy to reduce inflation, and increased spending on a range of safety net programs for the poor. Some of the …, policy attention now needs to shift toward efforts to increase farm productivity, improve rural infrastructure, and lower the …

"This paper uses a computable general equilibrium model to assess the welfare impact of commodity price inflation in … inflation since 2006 may have had a significantly negative impact on all Tanzanian households. Most of the negative impact comes … shielded from global commodity inflation because they derive a larger share of their incomes from agricultural activity and …

"Emerging market economies (EMEs) have experienced a noticeable decline in inflation since the mid-1990s. Whether this … with the start of 24 inflation episodes in 15 EMEs between 1980 and 2001. They use pooled probit analysis to estimate the … contribution of the key factors to inflation starts. Their empirical results suggest that increases in the output gap, agricultural …

Food price inflation has increased persistently in recent years in Turkey with a widening divergence from international … food price inflation. The study analyzes the main inefficiencies in the Turkish agricultural sector through the lens of … strategy aimed at stabilizing prices through increased productivity and improved market linkages. Section one presents an …

and elevated inflation. Globally, environmental sustainability is becoming central to the economic agenda. The challenge …

displayed all the signs of macroeconomic collapse,with output contracting, and inflation and parallel exchange market premium … data.The financing situation is dire. Monetization of the fiscal deficit explains to a large extent the high inflation …