The main purpose of this study was to specify and estimate an econometric model of the world fiber market, with emphasis on the cotton production and consumption for the major world fiber market participants...
In recent years, energy consumption has increased rapidly in the developing countries. Their share in global energy consumption (outside of the USSR and Eastern Europe) has increased from 20 percent in...
The prolonged economic difficulties since the late 1970s have thrown into sharp relief the structural changes in the world copper market since the mid-1960s and the resulting changes in competitiveness...
This paper presents a model of the world iron ore industry that uses game theory principles to determine iron ore prices. The boundaries of the range of price negotiations are specified through bilateral...
This paper examines developments in sugar production, processing and marketing in recent years which have contributed to basic changes in the pattern of production and trade. It discusses conditions in...
Surveys were used to quantify the substantial structural changes that have occurred in the major world jute markets since the late 1960s and to identify constraints to further growth in jute consumption...
The world copper market, depressed for more than a decade, has undergone a dramatic structural change. Depressed demand for copper was caused by the slowdown in world economic growth, a declining share...
Prospects for the world jute industry to the mid 1990's are analyzed to identify trends likely to follow the confusion in the jute market originating from the 1984/85 fibre supply crisis. Jute fibre is...
This paper uses an econometric simulation model of world energy markets to project the competitive supply, demand, and prices for thermal coal as a part of overall energy balance projections. Under the...
In the next two years, prices of non-fuel primary commodities are expected to grow at less than the rate of growth of international inflation. This expectation is based on a continuation of the strict...
This study examines some problems in the market for natural rubber, one of the ten core commodities proposed for stabilization. The first part of the study is concerned with the specification, estimation...
This paper examines the short- and medium-term price and trade outlook for the primary commodities that are of special interest to developing countries. It is the result of an in-depth review of market...
This paper reports the results from a new world coffee econometric model constructed to project consumption, output and price over the next decade. The projections are based on econometric analysis of...
This paper reports the results from a new world cocoa econometric model constructed to project consumption, output and price over the next decade. The projections are based on econometric analysis of cocoa...
In 1973 a major effort was embarked upon to construct complete models for several of the commodities of special interest to the Bank. The main purpose of these models was to provide inputs to the price...
In 1973 a major effort was embarked upon to construct complete models for several of the commodities of special interest to the Bank. The main purpose of these models was to provide inputs to the price...
The concept of industrial processing is described, and the barriers approach is evaluated as a theoretical basis for an export-oriented industrialization strategy. Governments that are considering adopting...
An econometric model of the world market for natural rubber is presented. The behavioral equations of the model can be grouped into three major blocks: supply, demand for all elastomers, and demand for...
The world cotton market is analyzed in order to project future levels of cotton demand, supply, and prices. The growth in cotton consumption is constrained by competition with manmade fibers. Competition...
An econometric model of the world tin economy using a disaggregated supply/demand approach with a market clearing equation for prices is described. Six developing countries, Malaysia, Bolivia, Indonesia...