Pricing principles and public interention in domestic markets

Public intervention in foodgrain markets is pervasive in most developing countries. Governments procure foodgrains from farmers, import and export, distribute to consumers, set procurement and distribution prices, strive to maintain floor and ceiling prices in markets, and regulate private trade. In...

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Autor principal: Ahmed, Raisuddin
Formato: Capítulo de libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 1988
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161124
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description Public intervention in foodgrain markets is pervasive in most developing countries. Governments procure foodgrains from farmers, import and export, distribute to consumers, set procurement and distribution prices, strive to maintain floor and ceiling prices in markets, and regulate private trade. In doing so they often alter the structure of incentives in the markets. Current debate on market intervention, however, has resulted in a trend towards liberalization of control and regulation in markets of many countries. An important issue is whether or not undesirable changes in incentives can be minimized through improved operation of public and private markets or whether alternative policies for ensuring higher incentives to producers and lower prices to consumers can be devised through, for example, infrastructural development.
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spelling CGSpace1611242025-04-08T18:26:21Z Pricing principles and public interention in domestic markets Ahmed, Raisuddin food prices developing countries agricultural prices Public intervention in foodgrain markets is pervasive in most developing countries. Governments procure foodgrains from farmers, import and export, distribute to consumers, set procurement and distribution prices, strive to maintain floor and ceiling prices in markets, and regulate private trade. In doing so they often alter the structure of incentives in the markets. Current debate on market intervention, however, has resulted in a trend towards liberalization of control and regulation in markets of many countries. An important issue is whether or not undesirable changes in incentives can be minimized through improved operation of public and private markets or whether alternative policies for ensuring higher incentives to producers and lower prices to consumers can be devised through, for example, infrastructural development. 1988 2024-11-21T09:53:38Z 2024-11-21T09:53:38Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161124 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Ahmed, Raisuddin. 1988. Pricing principles and public interention in domestic markets. In Agricultural price policy for developing countries. Mellor, John W. and Ahmed, Raisuddin (Eds.) Chapter 4. Pp. 55-80. Baltimore, MD: Published for the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) by Johns Hopkins University Press. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161124
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Pricing principles and public interention in domestic markets
title Pricing principles and public interention in domestic markets
title_full Pricing principles and public interention in domestic markets
title_fullStr Pricing principles and public interention in domestic markets
title_full_unstemmed Pricing principles and public interention in domestic markets
title_short Pricing principles and public interention in domestic markets
title_sort pricing principles and public interention in domestic markets
topic food prices
developing countries
agricultural prices
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161124
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