Author: Edilberto L. Segura
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ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
This paper focusses on the setting of ex-factory prices for the producers of fertilizers in the developing world. Regardless of whether prices are determined by the free market or by an official agency, to be economically optimal they should perform several objectives: (1) the provision of stimulus to mobilize and allocate adequate resources for fertilizer capacity expansion; (2) encouragement of the optimal choice of process, effective control of feedstock and other operating costs; (3) satisfactory levels of capacity utilization; and (3) where necessary, closure of obsolete, high cost plants. Most developing countries set prices by: (1) reference to the estimated costs of domestic producers; or (2) reference to international market prices. The strengths and weaknesses of alternative approaches are evaluated and practical recommendations made on improving incentives for efficiency in the sector.
Fertilizer Producer Pricing in Developing Countries
Author: Edilberto L. Segura
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
This paper focusses on the setting of ex-factory prices for the producers of fertilizers in the developing world. Regardless of whether prices are determined by the free market or by an official agency, to be economically optimal they should perform several objectives: (1) the provision of stimulus to mobilize and allocate adequate resources for fertilizer capacity expansion; (2) encouragement of the optimal choice of process, effective control of feedstock and other operating costs; (3) satisfactory levels of capacity utilization; and (3) where necessary, closure of obsolete, high cost plants. Most developing countries set prices by: (1) reference to the estimated costs of domestic producers; or (2) reference to international market prices. The strengths and weaknesses of alternative approaches are evaluated and practical recommendations made on improving incentives for efficiency in the sector.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
This paper focusses on the setting of ex-factory prices for the producers of fertilizers in the developing world. Regardless of whether prices are determined by the free market or by an official agency, to be economically optimal they should perform several objectives: (1) the provision of stimulus to mobilize and allocate adequate resources for fertilizer capacity expansion; (2) encouragement of the optimal choice of process, effective control of feedstock and other operating costs; (3) satisfactory levels of capacity utilization; and (3) where necessary, closure of obsolete, high cost plants. Most developing countries set prices by: (1) reference to the estimated costs of domestic producers; or (2) reference to international market prices. The strengths and weaknesses of alternative approaches are evaluated and practical recommendations made on improving incentives for efficiency in the sector.
Fertilizer Producer Pricing in Developing Countries
Author: Edilberto L. Segura
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Fertilizer Producer Pricing in Developing Countries
Author:
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ISBN: 9780821306536
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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ISBN: 9780821306536
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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What Price Food?
Author: Paul Streeten
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349189219
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
The starting point of Paul Streeten's book is the dilemma, faced by policy makers in many developing countries: should the price of food be high, in order to stimulate production, or low, in order to prevent poor food buyers from starving? The author goes on to discuss the role of prices in the light of these and other objectives. 'It is the work of one of our wisest scholars on what I consider to be the key policy issue for economic development in the 1980s...this provocative essay will be required reading for anyone working on agricultural price policy.' C.Peter Timmer 'It provides solid and practical guidance to scholars and decision-makers. It is lucid, balanced and, above all, useful.' Robert Klitgaard 'Paul Streeten is well known for his gift of explaining the pros and cons of difficult policy issues in a clear, simple and realistic way, appealing to policy-makers, students and the wider development community, as well as to academic colleagues. This gift is fully displayed in his new book, and readers are bound to emerge with a better awareness of the conflicts and policy reforms which are involved.' H.W.Singer
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349189219
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
The starting point of Paul Streeten's book is the dilemma, faced by policy makers in many developing countries: should the price of food be high, in order to stimulate production, or low, in order to prevent poor food buyers from starving? The author goes on to discuss the role of prices in the light of these and other objectives. 'It is the work of one of our wisest scholars on what I consider to be the key policy issue for economic development in the 1980s...this provocative essay will be required reading for anyone working on agricultural price policy.' C.Peter Timmer 'It provides solid and practical guidance to scholars and decision-makers. It is lucid, balanced and, above all, useful.' Robert Klitgaard 'Paul Streeten is well known for his gift of explaining the pros and cons of difficult policy issues in a clear, simple and realistic way, appealing to policy-makers, students and the wider development community, as well as to academic colleagues. This gift is fully displayed in his new book, and readers are bound to emerge with a better awareness of the conflicts and policy reforms which are involved.' H.W.Singer
Restrictions on Using More Fertilizer for Food Crops in Developing Countries, Department of State and Other Federal Agencies
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
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Category : Agriculture and state
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture and state
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Agricultural Price Policies
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9789251023624
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Naast een analyse van de prijsontwikkelingen op de landbouwmarkt sinds begin 1970 en van het beleid hierbij in voornamelijk de ontwikkelingslanden, wordt ook het prijzenbeleid in de rijkere landen bekeken, die internationaal meer invloed hebben, en in de centraal geregeerde landen, deze laatste zowel inhoudende de meer welvarende als de minder welvarende landen
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9789251023624
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Naast een analyse van de prijsontwikkelingen op de landbouwmarkt sinds begin 1970 en van het beleid hierbij in voornamelijk de ontwikkelingslanden, wordt ook het prijzenbeleid in de rijkere landen bekeken, die internationaal meer invloed hebben, en in de centraal geregeerde landen, deze laatste zowel inhoudende de meer welvarende als de minder welvarende landen
Estimated World Fertilizer Production Capacity as Related to Future Demand
Author: National Fertilizer Development Center (U.S.)
Publisher:
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Category : Fertilizer industry
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fertilizer industry
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Fertilizer Strategies
Author:
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9789251026441
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9789251026441
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Technology Transfer to Developing Countries
Author: Subrata Ghatak
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Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Evaluating Fertilizer Subsidies in Developing Countries
Author: Dana G. Dalrymple
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Category : Agricultural assistance, American
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural assistance, American
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description