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IISD receives core operating support from the Government of options to tackle the problem of commodity price Canada, provided through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and Environment Canada; and from the volatility. [...] The marketing boards grew to be bloated and inefficient, and in most cases, following sections look at the experience, problems and promise of five were dissolved to satisfy structural adjustment conditions on loans by the different types of economic tools in turn: supply management, World Bank or the IMF. [...] The US made it a condition that the International Coffee Organization never again discuss supply management prior to rejoining the organization in 2005, the EU has placed strict limitations on its compensatory finance fund, and developed countries have effectively forced the dissolution of the national marketing boards they had helped create during the colonial period. [...] The purpose of supply management is to control the supply of a commodity relative to demand, in order to influence its price. [...] IMPORTANT REQUIREMENTS - Although the technical structure of a supply management system will vary depending on the commodity, the market to be influenced (domestic market versus world market) and the implementing agent(s), experience indicates a few guidelines for a successful system: 1) The market for the commodity must be well-defined and without easily-substitutable products (e.g., synthetic ru.