Living with High Prices A Policy Brief
Asian Development Bank | June 2008
Abstract
This policy brief has been prepared by the Asian Development Bank to help the region manage the adjustment to high prices. The policy brief describes the situation internationally and in the Pacific. It looks at what regional governments and development partners can do to help lessen the problems created by high prices. It also looks at what can be done to capture the benefits that high price offer, particularly to local food producers.
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Asian Development Bank. 2008. Living with High Prices A Policy Brief. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/2493. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Keywords
Sustainable agriculture
Agriculture
Commercial agriculture
Fight Against Poverty
Poverty In Developing Countries
Rural Poverty Alleviation
Urban Poverty
Rural Poverty
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