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the rest of the world …
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This is a companion to the Global Economic Prospects 2010. Most commodity prices reached historical highs in mid-2008, giving rise to the longest and broadest commodity boom of the post-WWII period. Apart from strong and sustained economic growth, the boom was fueled by numerous factors...
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Rapid growth among the major emerging markets over the past 20 years has boosted global demand for commodities. The seven largest emerging markets accounted for almost all the increase in global consumption of metals, and two-thirds of the increase in energy consumption over this period. As...
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countries or high-income countries as a group, or for the world as a whole. This paper seeks to fill this gap. The paper begins …
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analysis finds that the elasticities are close to unity, evaluated at world median per capita income levels. Furthermore, the …
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World commodity markets-and particularly the markets for agricultural commodities-remain highly distorted despite the … wave of liberalization that has swept world trade since the 1980s. Some markets for commodities are characterized by … policy action. Commodity markets are distorted on both the export and the import sides, with serious implications for world …
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This book provides fresh insights into concepts, methods and new research findings on the causes of excessive food price volatility. It also discusses the implications for food security and policy responses to mitigate excessive volatility. The approaches applied by the contributors range from...
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Transgenerational Negotiations -- 5. Negotiating with Information and Communication Technology in a Cross-Cultural World -- 6. Global … country around the world. Finally, the book will look ahead, with an eye towards identifying and anticipating new trends and … Importance of Negotiation -- 3. Negotiating for Strategic Alliances -- 4. Transcendental Negotiations: Creating Value with …
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Introduction -- The Climate Change Negotiations - The Value of Context and Modeled Experience -- Understanding the … Conflictual Relations in the Global Climate Talks -- Strategic Facilitation of Global Climate Negotiations - Opportunities and …, chairmanship and the role of threshold states in facilitating decision making as the global climate change negotiations unfolds. …
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With frequent discoveries of energy resources in remote and undeveloped areas, the importance of transnational oil and gas pipelines is set to grow ever more prominent. This study dissects the diplomacy and bargaining power of the transit country and the shifting economic relations involved in...
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