World oil prices: prospects and implications for energy policy-makers in Latin America's oil-deficit countries

Includes bibliography

Precios al detalle de los productos refinados del petróleo en algunos países de América Latina: 1975-1989 = Retail prices for refined oil products in selected Latin American countries: 1975-1989

Incluye Bibliografía

Increased prices for world oil and the oil-deficit economies of Latin America and the Caribbean, 1973-1978

Includes bibliography

The escalation in world food prices and its implications for the Caribbean

During the last years, the steep increase in food prices has been one of the most distinctive characteristics of the world economy. Many factors have been hypothesized as the main drivers of this phenomenon, both structural and temporary. International food inflation has had perceptible effects on food importing countries and regions. As such, the Caribbean has suffered the impact mainly through four channels, namely, domestic inflation, imports bill and trade balance, poverty and indigence rates, and equity. This study addresses empirically these issues from a regional perspective.