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Soybean prices, economic growth and poverty in Argentina and Brazil

Year of publication 2017

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 49

Author Eduardo Bianchi, Carolina Szpak, Instituto Universitario Escuela Argentina de Negocios

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 978-92-5-130098-5

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This paper analyzes the relationship between international soybean prices and economic growth; and poverty in Argentina and Brazil, with an emphasis on the period after 2003. It analyzes the beginning of soybean activity in both countries, showing the importance of international prices and macroeconomic policies in the evolution of the two industries, as well as the prominence of soy as an export commodity during the 1990s. It highlights the importance of soybeans and presented the structure of the soybean value chain in both countries. We then move to analyze soybean prices and their relation to growth, including how changes in international soybean prices were transmitted to producer prices, and the relationship between prices and poverty reduction both in Argentina and Brazil. Policy implications are then analized as a conclusion of the paper.

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