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The tense situation on the grain market and its economic impact


Українська

Date:

July 11, 2003

Place:

Reytarska 8/5-A, Kyiv
Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting

Sytykh Valeriy V., the head of the Department of Food and Agricultural Markets (The Ministry of Economy and the Ministry on European Integration Issues)

Burakovsky Igor V., co-director of the Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting (IER) - a moderator of the Round table

Issues to be discussed:

  • Reasons for the recent grains price increases

  • The transmission of increased grain prices through the marketing system

  • The impact of bread, flour and cereals prices on real incomes of consumers

  • The issue of consumers' trust in market system (panic on food markets)

  • Macroeconomic aspects of the price crisis on the grains market

  • Government policies to avoid "price crises" in the future

  • Government measures to stabilize the grains market

The representatives of the Institute for Economic Research and Policy consulting are:

  • Arnim Kuhn, a member of the German Advisory Group on Economic Reforms by the Government of Ukraine

  • Sergiy Demyanenko, professor, Doctor of economic sciences