Managing Commodity Booms--and BustsWorld Bank Publications, 1995 - 22 pages World Bank Discussion Paper No. 314. In 1994, Colombia replaced its state-run, pay-as-you-go pension system with a privately run, fully-funded scheme. This study analyzes prospective fiscal and macroeconomic implications of the reform. It compares the features of the country's old and new pension systems, puts them in a broader international context, and examines the reform transition |
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... agricultural products ( including timber ) accounting for another 18 percent . Thus developing countries rely on commodities for much of their export earnings . The latest boom has favored these countries because the prices of the ...
... agricultural products ( including timber ) accounting for another 18 percent . Thus developing countries rely on commodities for much of their export earnings . The latest boom has favored these countries because the prices of the ...
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... agricultural raw materials was 54 percent higher . Metal and mineral prices did not increase significantly until late 1993 , when they bounced upward , increasing 41 percent through January 1995 . Figure 1. Weighted index of primary ...
... agricultural raw materials was 54 percent higher . Metal and mineral prices did not increase significantly until late 1993 , when they bounced upward , increasing 41 percent through January 1995 . Figure 1. Weighted index of primary ...
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... Agriculture Food Raw materials Metals Fats and and oils Other Beverages Total Timber minerals Fertilizers ( 10.1 ) ( 12.4 ) ( 16.9 ) ( 22.8 ) ( 9.3 ) ( 28.1 ) ( 2.7 ) Annual 1980 161.1 126.3 1981 155.1 108.6 136.9 139.2 116.3 122.9 1982 ...
... Agriculture Food Raw materials Metals Fats and and oils Other Beverages Total Timber minerals Fertilizers ( 10.1 ) ( 12.4 ) ( 16.9 ) ( 22.8 ) ( 9.3 ) ( 28.1 ) ( 2.7 ) Annual 1980 161.1 126.3 1981 155.1 108.6 136.9 139.2 116.3 122.9 1982 ...
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... Agricultural commodities . The boom in agricultural prices began with rice and an unusually poor harvest in Japan in the summer of 1993 . Japanese rice imports rose from zero in 1992 to 2.2 million tons in 1993. World prices almost ...
... Agricultural commodities . The boom in agricultural prices began with rice and an unusually poor harvest in Japan in the summer of 1993 . Japanese rice imports rose from zero in 1992 to 2.2 million tons in 1993. World prices almost ...
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... Agricultural exports accounted for 70 percent of the total increase in export revenues , and coffee for half the increase in agriculture exports . The gains from higher export prices were widespread ( table 3 ) . Latin America and the ...
... Agricultural exports accounted for 70 percent of the total increase in export revenues , and coffee for half the increase in agriculture exports . The gains from higher export prices were widespread ( table 3 ) . Latin America and the ...
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Page 20 - In the past, many commodity-exporting countries have entered such agreements in an attempt to stabilize and, in many cases, raise prices. In anything but the short term, none has succeeded. References Adams, Robin G. (Resource Strategies, Inc.). 1995. Interview in The Financial Times, March 31 . Bauer, Peter. 1984. "Remembrance of Studies Past: Retracing First Steps.
Page 13 - The decision whether to vacuum pack or gas flush a consumer package depends on a number of factors. Among the most important are the type of product to be packed and its consistency. "Gas flush is a function of the product to be packaged," offers Tom Taylor, product manager, smoked and processed meat, Cryovac.
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Page 15 - On the fiscal side, coffee tax revenues were used to turn a deficit of 5.2 percent of GDP in 1984 into a small surplus in 1986.