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The International Task Force on Commodity Risk Management in Developing Countries: Activities, Findings and the Way Forward

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Publication date
22/10/2008
Number of Pages
57
Language:
English
Type of Publication:
Studies
Focus Region:
Global
Focus Topic:
Market / Trade
Climate / Weather / Environment
Type of Risk:
Market-related
Policy & institutional
Weather & Climate related
Type of Risk Managment Option:
Risk reduction/mitigation
Risk coping
Commodity:
Crops
Author
Steve Jaffee, Julie Dana, Ornsaran Manuamorn, Erin Bryla, Joanna Syroka, William Dick, Carlos Arce, Roy Parizat, Xavier Gine, Ajai Nair, Kara Bunte
Organization
The World Bank

The objective of the report is to review the set of on-going operations implemented by the International Task Force on Commodity Risk Management, led by the World Bank by summarizing their goals, activities, and initial lessons learned. This document provides an overview of commodity risk management, including micro- and meso-level weather risk management, micro- and meso-level commodity price risk management, macro-level risk management and provides some notes on risk management training and capacity building. Case studies are included for each area of risk management including several African, Asian and Latin American countries.