Myanmar : Rice Price Reduction and Poverty Reduction

Myanmar is a low-income agrarian country with a high poverty rate. The livelihood of many poor people depends on the performance of agriculture, especially the rice sector. Rice accounts for 70 percent of Myanmar s total cultivated area and 30 perc...

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Main Author:	World Bank Group
Format:	Other Agricultural Study
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	ACREAGE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL MARKETS AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL POLICY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION AGRICULTURE SECTOR ARBITRAGE AVERAGE PRICE AVERAGE PRICES BROKEN RICE CEREAL PRICES CHANGES IN PRICES COMMERCE COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMPETITIVE PRICES COMPETITIVENESS CONNECTIVITY CONSUMER PRICE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX COPYRIGHT CLEARANCE COPYRIGHT CLEARANCE CENTER CROPS DEFICIT REGIONS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC MARKETS DOMESTIC PRICE DOMESTIC PRICES DOMESTIC PRODUCTION ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES EXPORT EXPORT PROMOTION EXPORT TRADE EXPORTS EXPOSURE FAIR FARM FARM INCOMES FARM PRICES FARMERS FIXED PRICE FOOD EXPENDITURES FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICES FOOD SAFETY FOOD SECURITY FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS FOREIGN MARKETS FUTURE PRICE GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSIFICATION GLOBAL MARKETS GRAIN GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES HOUSEHOLDS IMPORT TARIFF IMPORT TARIFFS IMPORTS INCOME INCOMES INFORMATION SYSTEM INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT CLIMATE JOB CREATION LOCAL CURRENCY LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES LOW-INCOME COUNTRY LOWER COSTS LOWER PRICE LOWER PRICES MAIN PRODUCING MARKET INFORMATION MARKET INTEGRATION MARKET PARTICIPANTS MARKET PRICE MARKET PRICES MARKET SEGMENTATION MARKET SITUATION MARKET TRANSPARENCY MARKET VOLATILITY MARKETING MARKETING SYSTEMS MARKETPLACE MILLING MILLING INDUSTRY MILLS MINIMUM PRICES MOBILE PHONE MONETARY FUND MONOPOLIES MONOPOLY NATIONAL ACCOUNTS NEW MARKET NEW MARKET OPPORTUNITIES OUTPUT PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PHONE NETWORK PHYSICAL ACCESS POLITICAL STABILITY POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRICE ADJUSTMENTS PRICE CHANGES PRICE COMPARISONS PRICE CONTROLS PRICE DISTORTIONS PRICE FLUCTUATION PRICE FLUCTUATIONS PRICE INCREASE PRICE INCREASES PRICE LEVEL PRICE LEVELS PRICE MECHANISMS PRICE MOVEMENTS PRICE SPREAD PRICE STABILITY PRICE STABILIZATION PRICE SUPPORT PRICE UNCERTAINTY PRICE VOLATILITY PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE STORAGE PRODUCT QUALITY PROTEINS PUBLIC FINANCE PURCHASING PURCHASING POWER RELATIVE PRICE REPUTATION RETAIL RETAIL PRICES RICE PRICES RISING PRICE RURAL AREAS RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE SAFETY NET SAFETY NETS SALE SEASONAL FACTORS SECURITY CONCERNS SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SPREAD STOCK MANAGEMENT STOCKS STORAGE CAPACITY STRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENTS SUBSTITUTES SUPPLIERS SUPPLY SIDE SURPLUS TARIFF BARRIERS TARIFF RATE TAX TAX RATE TOTAL CONSUMPTION TRADING SYSTEM VITAMINS VOLUME WAREHOUSE WHOLESALE PRICE WHOLESALE PRICES WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS WORLD MARKET WORLD MARKET PRICE WORLD MARKET PRICES WORLD MARKETS WORLD PRICE WORLD RICE
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Myanmar : Rice Price Reduction and Poverty Reduction

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