It's not the size, but how it's used: lesson for ASEAN rice reserves

ASEAN’s approach to stabilising rice markets and averting crises has focused on having sufficient rice stocks as a buffer. Insights from stabilisation in currency markets show that reserve size is not as important as the way it is used to reduce overall risk exposure.

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Main Author: Jose Ma. Luis P. Montesclaros
Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
Format: Commentary
Language:English
Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82083
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/39810
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:ASEAN’s approach to stabilising rice markets and averting crises has focused on having sufficient rice stocks as a buffer. Insights from stabilisation in currency markets show that reserve size is not as important as the way it is used to reduce overall risk exposure.