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      <title>Das Weizenexportverbot in Serbien: Sind Exportbeschränkungen ein wirksames Instrument zum Schutz gegen Nahrungsmittelpreisinflation?</title>
      <link>http://hdl.handle.net/10419/70797</link>
      <description>Title: Das Weizenexportverbot in Serbien: Sind Exportbeschränkungen ein wirksames Instrument zum Schutz gegen Nahrungsmittelpreisinflation?
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&lt;br/&gt;Authors: Götz, Linde; Djuric, Ivan; Glauben, Thomas
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&lt;br/&gt;Abstract: Viele Länder haben ihre Exporte während der jüngsten Preisspitzen auf den Weltagrarmärkten beschränkt, um die inländischen Agrarpreise von den Preisentwicklungen auf den internationalen Märkten abzukoppeln. Letztlich sollte damit dem Anstieg der Nahrungsmittelpreisinflation entgegen gewirkt und die Konsumenten vor hohen Nahrungsmittelausgaben geschützt werden. Im Mittelpunkt dieses Policy Briefs stehen die wiederholten Exportverbote für Weizen in Serbien und deren Auswirkungen auf die inländischen Preisentwicklungen für Weizen, Mehl und Brot. In diesem Zusammenhang soll geklärt werden, ob tatsächlich die Endkonsumenten oder andere Akteure entlang der Wertschöpfungskette von den politischen Marktinterventionen profitiert haben.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 22:58:59 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>International grain markets: Russia as a new power?</title>
      <link>http://hdl.handle.net/10419/70796</link>
      <description>Title: International grain markets: Russia as a new power?
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&lt;br/&gt;Authors: Glauben, Thomas; Pàll, Zsombor; Perekhozhuk, Oleksandr; Prehn, Sören; Teuber, Ramona
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&lt;br/&gt;Abstract: Russia, a former net importer of wheat, has developed into one of the leading actors in the world wheat market within the last decade. Forecasts suggest that Russia's share in the world market may increase even further and Russia might become the world's largest wheat exporter by 2020. One key research question resulting from this development is whether Russia could use its newly-gained market position in order to exercise market power or price discrimination. This issue could be of particular significance for countries in Central Asia and the Caucasus where Russia - due to their geographical location - is facing hardly any competition. This Policy Brief analyses if and in which countries Russian wheat exporters exercise market power.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 22:58:59 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The wheat export ban in Serbia: Are export restrictions an effective instrument to dampen food price inflation?</title>
      <link>http://hdl.handle.net/10419/70795</link>
      <description>Title: The wheat export ban in Serbia: Are export restrictions an effective instrument to dampen food price inflation?
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&lt;br/&gt;Authors: Götz, Linde; Djuric, Ivan; Glauben, Thomas
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&lt;br/&gt;Abstract: Many countries restricted their exports to world agricultural markets during the most recent price peaks in order to insulate their domestic agricultural prices from price developments in international markets. Their ultimate aim was countering the rise in food price inflation and protecting consumers from high food expenses. This Policy Brief reviews the repeated export bans on wheat in Serbia and their impacts on domestic price developments for wheat, flour and bread and attempts to clarify whether end consumers or players along the added-value chain actually profited from political market interventions.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 22:58:59 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Poverty in China's rural areas: Temporary or chronic?</title>
      <link>http://hdl.handle.net/10419/70794</link>
      <description>Title: Poverty in China's rural areas: Temporary or chronic?
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&lt;br/&gt;Authors: Glauben, Thomas; Herzfeld, Thomas; Rozelle, Scott; Wang, Xiaobing
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&lt;br/&gt;Abstract: Curbing poverty can surely be deemed to be one of the most eminent objectives on socio-political agendas. Progress in reducing worldwide poverty achieved in to date, however, makes rather sobering reading. China has considerably reduced the number of poor since commencement of economic reforms in the late 1970s. Still, there are ca. 170 million people affected by poverty. This paper investigates the issue whether poverty in China's rural areas is rather of a chronic or temporary nature and what the opportunities are of escaping poverty. Simultaneously, there are discussions whether certain factors rather favour or counteract chronic poverty.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 22:58:59 GMT</pubDate>
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