Comparative Economic Studies

, Volume 57, Issue 2, pp 305–325 | Cite as

Riding the Commodity Rollercoaster: Natural Resource Management in the Context of Increasing Commodity Price Volatility

  • Yanchun Zhang
  • Viridiana Garcia-Quiles
  • Nina Thelen
Symposium Article
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Abstract

This paper discusses challenges and policy options for sustainable natural resource management in the context of increasing commodity price volatility for developing countries. We first examine the complications that increasing commodity price volatility creates at each of the three stages of the natural resource management chain. We then discuss policy options that have been adopted by individual countries to resolve the complications created by increasing commodity price volatility.

Keywords

natural resource management commodity price volatility sustainable development 

JEL Classifications

Q32 Q01 Q33 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Yanchun Zhang
    • 1
  • Viridiana Garcia-Quiles
    • 2
  • Nina Thelen
    • 3
  1. 1.UNCTAD, Palais des NationsGenèveSwitzerland
  2. 2.UN-ESCWABeirutLebanon
  3. 3.UNDPBerlinGermany

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