Download or read book Do Natural Resource-Based Industrialization Strategies Convey Important (Unrecognized) Price Benefits for Commodity-Exporting Developing Countries? written by Alexander J. Yeats and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1991 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Because of the relative shift from primary commodity exports to more processed commodities between the 1960s and the 1980s, most developing countries have experienced less instability in export earnings for agricultural materials, ores, and metals - and more favorable long-term price trends.