This note is based on an assessment undertaken by the World Bank following a request by the Government of Paraguay. The study evaluated agricultural risks, proposing solutions for reducing the volatility...
In the agricultural sector, risks are inherent and ubiquitous, posing potentially serious consequences for stakeholders and consumers. Risks disrupt supply chains, causing extensive financial and economic...
With more than three-quarters of its workforce employed in agriculture, Malawi is highly vulnerable to any adverse events affecting the agriculture sector, and agricultural risks are ever present in the...
The present study is part of an effort by the World Bank and the State of Bahia to assess agricultural sector risks as a contribution to the strategic economic development and poverty reduction agenda...
Despite myriad challenges, Kenya has emerged in recent years as one of Africa’s frontier economies, with headline growth in the most recent decade propelling the country toward middle-income status. Less...
This Rapid Agriculture Sector Risk Management Review of Brazilwas motivated by the fact that, despite the economic and social importance of the sector agriculture for Brazil, it is the most volatile. It...
There is increasing empirical evidence that creative destruction, driven by experimentation and the adoption of new products and processes when investment is sunk, is a core mechanism of development. Obstacles...
The paper develops a simple general equilibrium model of the current account net of factor services. The model takes explicitly into account the relation between the real exchange rate, the trade balance...