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to participate in the day-to-day operation and observe 

 the decision making structure of these organizations. 



Support Emerging Commodity Exchanges 



Commodity exchanges play an important role in market 

 economies. A number of such exchanges have been 

 attempted in the NIS. Many have failed or are at best 

 only marginally successful. However, a few are well led, 

 adequately financed and truly innovative. 



Transition to a market economy can be assisted by 

 providing support to successful exchanges. There are at 

 least two ways to do this: 



One is by providing technical advice and counsel. 

 This is being done, on request, under the farmer- 

 to-farmer and other programs. 



Another is by utilizing the most efficient of these 

 markets, at least to some extent, as a channel for 

 sale within the NIS (monetization) of donated U.S. 

 commodities. To date, these markets have not been 

 so utilized. 



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