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The Impact of Currency Devaluation on Commodity Production and Exports of Developing Countries

In: Policies for Development

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  • Alfred Maizels

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Since the sharp collapse in the world market prices of virtually the entire range of primary commodities exported from developing countries from their peak in 1979–80, a large number of these countries have faced an external financing crisis. This has been the case not only for the very poor countries which are heavily dependent on commodity exports and official aid flows for their foreign exchange availabilities, but also for the more economically advanced developing countries many of which had been heavy borrowers on the commercial banking markets, and were faced, as from 1981, with an unforeseen and unprecedented increase in interest rates on their outstanding foreign debts. The majority of such countries have been forced to reach agreements with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as a condition for obtaining stand-by credits, and for the conclusion of agreements with commercial bank creditors for debt rescheduling.

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  • Alfred Maizels, 1988. "The Impact of Currency Devaluation on Commodity Production and Exports of Developing Countries," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Sidney Dell (ed.), Policies for Development, chapter 9, pages 187-205, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-09416-5_9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-09416-5_9
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    1. Walter C. Labys & Alfred Maizels, 1990. "Commodity Price Fluctuations and Macro-economic Adjustments in the Developed Countries," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-1990-088, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).

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