The World Rubber Industry

Despite the fact that Rubber is one of the world's major commodities, surprispingly little has been written about hte the subject. First published in 1994, The World Rubber Industry seeks to redress this deficiency. It presents information in a clear and accessible manner, with numerous tables and illustrations, and an extensive glossary. This is a comprehensive and definitive analysis of one of the world's major and most essential commodities.

World Bank Technical Paper No. 359. As the telecommunications sector evolves toward a more competitive environment in which the private actors become the main players, it is essential to develop policies that will reduce the disparities between urban and rural telecommunications services. This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the technical and financial parameters that have to be considered in formulating such policies. It presents an array of options for commercial operation of rural telecommunications and challenges the general perception that rural telecommunications services are unprofitable. It demonstrates that services can be economically delivered to rural areas at affordable prices while simultaneously providing reasonable financial returns to investors. A planning tool kit is included that assists in the design of the various options.

Rubber suply between two Wars. Trade and uses. Economic characteristics of the rubber market: variability of supply and demand. The crude-rubber markt untill 1934. The international rubber regulation agreement. The control scheme in operation. The success of regulation. The costs of control. The rise of synthetic rubbers. Postwar conservation, supplies, and compettition. Major problems of Inite States Policy. Problems of international regulation.

The industry to 1933. The establishment of international regulation. Rubber regulation in peace and war. Labour and technique. The threat to the monopoly of natural rubber. The present position and prospects of the industry.