Commodities
In economics, a commodity is an economic good that has full or substantial fungibility: that is, the market treats instances of the good as equivalent or nearly so with no regard to who produced them.The price of a commodity good is typically determined as a function of its market as a whole: well-established physical commodities have actively traded spot and derivative markets. The wide availability of commodities typically leads to smaller profit margins and diminishes the importance of factors (such as brand name) other than price. Most commodities are raw materials, basic resources, agricultural, or mining products, such as iron …
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Verisk Maplecroft · 21 November 2024 English
This report by Verisk Maplecroft provides an in-depth analysis of the global expansion of conflict zones from 2021 to 2024. Using data from the Conflict Intensity Index (CII) and ACLED, …
from energy to fertiliser through to agri-commodities. Figure 4: Global conflict fatalities could breach …
WHO: World Health Organization · 20 November 2024 English
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inadequate number of health workers, shortages of commodities, deficits in infrastructure, poor coordination …
GAIA: Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives · 20 November 2024 English
This would be important in order to complete the drafting and agreement on treaty text including all the core obligations needed to end plastic pollution across the life cycle of …
production on GDP growth to gauge demand for commodities. GDP growth is now slowing down and expected …
GFATM: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria · 20 November 2024 English
diseases to save lives and The Global Fund increases dramatically change the course access to high-quality health of HIV, TB and malaria. [...] Strengthening the leadership, engagement and capacity of …
leading provider technicapartners and of health commodities in low- communities affected by the and middle … facility holds and distributes essential health commodities to more than 3,500 health centers across the …
WEF: World Economic Forum · 15 November 2024 English
The awards recognize four categories We are grateful for the commitment of so many of social innovation: Social Entrepreneurs, partners in helping us to grow the ambition and Corporate Social …
(UNCTAD) Division on International Trade and Commodities. She was previously Chief of UNCTAD’s New York …
ORF: Observer Research Foundation · 14 November 2024 English
Introduction Trade has played a crucial role in China’s growth, particularly since its economic reforms beginning in the late 1970s. Over the subsequent three decades, China transformed from a closed, …
electronics, and machinery, while exporting primary commodities such as metals, mineral products, and fuel. …
IADB: Inter-American Development Bank · 14 November 2024 English
El Monitor de Comercio e Integración 2024 analiza la evolución de América Latina y el Caribe en el nuevo contexto global, comparando la región con el resto del mundo y …
interest rates encouraged inves- tors to turn from commodities to other types of financial assets in 2023. … leading to a recovery in the prices of some commodities, such as copper and oil. However, from the second … (2024). FIGURE 4 • PRICES OF THE MAIN EXPORT COMMODITIES FROM LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN (Index … Coffee Sugar Oil Iron ore Copper Note: These six commodities account for about 31% of the region’s total exports … level. Therefore, this edition uses the All Commodities from Mexico price index published by the BLS …
World Bank Group · 14 November 2024 English
The Tunisian economy experienced a modest growth of 0.6 percent in the first half of 2024, following zero growth in 2023. By the end of 2024, Tunisia is projected to …
imports remained stable.2 Tunisia’s main traded commodities provide an illustration of the more benign terms …
IADB: Inter-American Development Bank · 14 November 2024 Spanish
El Monitor de Comercio e Integración 2024 analiza la evolución de América Latina y el Caribe en el nuevo contexto global, comparando la región con el resto del mundo y …
exportaciones se tomó el índice de precios “All commodities from Mexico” publicado por BLS. En el primer …
Institut Veblen · 14 November 2024 English
These measures will ensure the the adoption of a regulation on the mitiga- reciprocity of standards in the European mar- tion of the imported environmental and ket, encouraging a shift …
criticism (both inter- ence on certain agricultural commodities nally and abroad) for its “double standards,” … fuelled by ongoing negotiations and The import of commodities which are sub- implementation of new free trade … EU’s dependence on some imported agricultural commodities and the 8 • Highly Hazardous Pesticides are defined … higher animal protection in farming. agricultural commodities, particularly those exclusively intended for … related to the products, refer for some specific commodities, tolerances to the case studies in the sections …
