There is no consensus on what defines a reference for the world rice price. A review on rice as a differentiated commodity shed two important insights. First, it confirms that few studies have considered segmentation of rice in their price analysis. Second, Thai 5% brokens has often been...

This study aims to improve our understanding of the extent and speed of the transmission of international cereal prices to local markets in developing countries. We analyse two samples of price transmission (PT) estimates, one extracted from a comprehensive literature sample of 31 published...

Der Agrarsektor spielt eine wichtige Rolle in lateinamerikanischen Wirtschaftssystemen, er beinhaltet bis zu 23 Prozent des BIP (z.B. in Guatemala und Nicaragua). Natürlich ist er auch sehr wichtig für den Arbeitsmarkt, das Einkommen der ärmsten Menschen und die Ernährungssicherung. Die...

This study aims to improve our understanding of the extent and speed of the transmission of international cereal prices to local markets in developing countries. We analyse two samples of price transmission (PT) estimates, one extracted from a comprehensive literature sample of 31 published...