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The International Sugar Agreements: Promise and Reality
Albert Viton
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Description for The International Sugar Agreements: Promise and Reality
Paperback. This volume, an insider's story on the negotiations and administration of the agreements on sugar, provides a detailed analysis of the rise and fall of an International Commodity Agreement (ICA). The author discusses the shortsightedness of long-term international economic management. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: KCLT; KJK; KNAC; KNDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Large fluctuations in the price of primary commodities, particularly in agricultural, began to receive the attention of economists and public affairs leaders at the beginning of the twentieth century. The world economic depression of the 1930s gave a new impetus to the concerns and to proposals for countering what became known as the problem of excessive price fluctuations, especially of commodities in international trade. Several options were investigated, including: extended agreements for the purchase and sale of commodities; buffer stock; preferably internationally managed export quotas; or various combinations of these three.
After World War II, proposals for international action ... Read more
Large fluctuations in the price of primary commodities, particularly in agricultural, began to receive the attention of economists and public affairs leaders at the beginning of the twentieth century. The world economic depression of the 1930s gave a new impetus to the concerns and to proposals for countering what became known as the problem of excessive price fluctuations, especially of commodities in international trade. Several options were investigated, including: extended agreements for the purchase and sale of commodities; buffer stock; preferably internationally managed export quotas; or various combinations of these three.
After World War II, proposals for international action ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
350
Place of Publication
West Lafayette, United States
ISBN
9781557533449
SKU
V9781557533449
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Ref
99-3
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