00728nam a2200085Ia 4500100002000000245009400020260000900114520050000123583001900623  aMAIZELS, Alfred  aThe international primary commodity markets : key policy issues for developing countries.  c1994  aNotes that the commodity price downtrend since the 1980s was almost certainly one important element in the huge rise in the foreign debt of developing countries.  Identifies short term commodity policies as (1) raising depressed levels of commodity prices, and (2) reducing excessive short-term price instability. Long term commodity policies include diversification, environmental protection, reducing remaining barriers to commodity trade, and, improving the position of natural raw materials.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR