Global commodity markets and development economics / edited by Stephan Pfaffenzeller.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: commodity-export dependence and economic development / Stephan Pfaffenzeller -- The resource curse, commodity prices and economic growth / David I. Harvey, Neil M. Kellard, Jakob B. Madsen and Mark E. Wohar -- Which terms of trade : recent developments in relative commodity prices / Stephan Pfaffenzeller -- A diversification path for resource intensive economies / Masuma Farooki -- Rice market integration in India / Madhusudan Ghosh and Atanu Ghoshray -- Do export restrictions reduce domestic price volatility? : evidence from the wheat export controls in Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine / Linde Gotz and Ivan Djuric -- The impact of peak oil on trade globalisation : an example of steel exports from Europe and North America to the United States / Jan Moldenhauer -- The role of trade in energy security for developing nations and a globalised economy / Xu Tang, Simon Snowden and Mikael Hok.