Diverfication and value addition - New YorkUS UN 2018 - 18 p.

Note by the UNCTAD Secretariat.

Outlines the challenges faced by commodity-dependent countries that are vulnerable to volatile commodity export prices. Discusses the reasons why commodity dependence can have negative effects on growth and development in a country and identifies which individual commodities and commodity groups display the most volatile prices.

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