Die steigende Nachfrage nach extraktiven Rohstoffen sowie der Rohstoffpreisboom der 2000er-Jahre haben in den letzten Jahren die Debatte über den mangelnden Beitrag von Rohstoffreichtum zu inklusiver Entwicklung intensiviert. Als eine zentrale Ursache, warum die Einnahmen aus Ressourcenabbau zu...

Economists have long been questioning the usefulness of the traditional, highly regulatory international commodity policy. In recent years, the failure of this policy has become evident. Could price and earnings stabilisation through price risk management instruments represent a viable alternative?

The successful completion of negotiations on the Common Fund has not yet led to the hoped-for break-through for any of the commodity agreements belonging to the Integrated Programme for Commodities (IPC). Opposition, particularly by the industrialised countries, but also by individual producer...

The fifth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development in Manila will undertake a detailed review of the progress in the implementation of the Integrated Programme for Commodities. I. S. Chadha attempts such a review from the point of view of UNCTAD for our readers.