#  Policies for Commodity-Exporting Countries 

 



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"[Coping with commodity price volatility: an idea for exporting countries](http://globaldev.blog/blog/coping-commodity-price-volatility-idea-exporting-countries)," *GlobalDev,* Feb. 8, 2018.  
  
"[Four Proposals to Help Commodity-Exporters Cope with Price Volatility](http://voxeu.org/article/four-proposals-help-commodity-exporters-cope-price-volatility)," *VoxEU*, Oct.19, 2017.  
  
“Policies for Managing External Shocks in Commodity-Exporting Countries,“ [ppt](/file_url/279), Conference on Current Account Sustainability, Inter-American Development Bank, April 18, 2017.  
  
"[How Commodity Exporters Can Cope with Price Volatility](/file_url/202)[: Four Proposals](/file_url/201),” High Level Seminar, *Natural Resources, Finance & Growth*, sponsored by Bank of Algeria, Algiers, May 28-29, 2016, [ppt](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/CommoditiesAlgiers2016May.pptx), [pdf](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/CommoditiesAlgiers2016May.pdf). OCP, Casablanca, June 3, [ppt](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/Commodities4OCP-2016Casablanca.pptx), [pdf](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/Commodities4OCP-2016Casablanca.pdf). AAEA, Aug. 1, 2016; [ppt](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/Commodities-2016AugAAEA.pptx) [pdf](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/Commodities-2016AugAAEA.pdf).   
  
“[How to Cope with Volatile Commodity Export Prices: Four Proposals,](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/ChileKeynoteCommodVolatility2014Oct.docx)” ([pdf](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/ChileKeynoteCommodVolatility2014Oct.pdf)). [Keynote Address](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/ChileCommodKeynoteOct2014.pptx), [*Commodity Prices and Macroeconomic Policy*](http://www.bcentral.cl/eng/conferences-seminars/annual-conferences/2014/AnnualConference2014.htm)*,* [Conference](http://www.bcentral.cl/eng/conferences-seminars/annual-conferences/2014/program21102014.pdf) of the [Central Bank of Chile](http://www.bcentral.cl/eng/conferences-seminars/annual-conferences/index.htm), organized by R.Caputo and R.Chang, Santiago, Oct. 23, 2014,

[Course](http://www.szgerzensee.ch/courses/central-bankers/) on Monetary Policy & Commodities, Study Center Gerzensee, Swiss National Bank, June 2014: [Commodity Prices](http://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/GerzCommodityPriceEconomicsSNB-Jun23.pptx); [NR Curse](http://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/GerzNRCday2SNB2014Jun24.pptx); [Currency Policy](http://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/GerzM&ExRPolicyDay3Jun24.pptx).

"[An Economic Perspective on the Natural Resource Curse and Its Implications for a Developing Country](http://hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/EcuadorResources2014Apr.pptx)," Day of Ecuador at Harvard: Breaking the Natural Resources Dependence, April 21, 2014.

["Dealing with the Resource Curse: How Can Commodity Exporters Reduce Procylicality?",](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/CommodityExportersZanzibarDec2012.ppt)"[NBER Conference](http://www.nber.org/AfricanSuccesses/conf.html), Zanzibar, Dec.18-19, 2012.

“[The Mining Resource ‘Curse’ and How Countries Can Fight It](http://hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/MiningRBC-June2012.ppt),” RBC Global Mining Conference, Toronto, June 20, 2012.  
  
"[How Countries Can Deal With Commodity Price Volatility](http://hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/CabosMexG-20Commodities5May2012.ppt)" [*G-20*](http://g20mexico.org/en/mexican-presidency-of-the-g20/mexican-presidency-of-the-g20) *Commodities Seminar*, Los Cabos, Mexico, 5 de Mayo, 2012.

"The Natural Resource Curse: How to Avoid It" [ (I) Causes](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/CommoditiesCurseJul2012IMF-Part1Causes.ppt) [(II) Cures](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/CommoditiesCurseJul2012IMF-Part2Recs.ppt), 2012, IMF Institute for Capacity Development.  
  
“[Escaping the Oil Curse](http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/frankel9/English),” [*Project Syndicate*](http://www.project-syndicate.org/contributor/133)*,* Dec. 9, 2011.

"[Barrels, Bushels and Bonds](http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/barrels--bushels--and-bonds): How Commodity Exporters Can Hedge Volatility," [*Project Syndicate*](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/%E2%80%9CBarrels,%20bushels,%20bonds%20take%20global%20economy%20for%20a%20ride%E2%80%9D), October 17, 2011. [Full blog version](http://www.jeffrey-frankel.com/2011/10/20/barrels-bushels-bonds-how-commodity-exporters-can-hedge-volatility/), Oct.20.  
  
“[Can Food Prices Be Stabilized?](http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/frankel5/English)” [*Project Syndicate*,](http://www.project-syndicate.org/contributor/133) June 27, 2011. E.g., [*Al Wadi*](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/FoodPVolatility-PSyndicateJune2011.PDF), Kuwait.