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Problem
Long-term shortage of commodities
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
Shortages of supply of goods
Limited availability of commodities
Insufficient availability of goods
Broader Problems:
Shortage
Dependence of countries on export of limited range of raw materials
Narrower Problems:
Long-term shortage of chemicals
Long-term shortage of manufactured goods
Long-term shortage of beverages and tobacco
Long-term shortage of food and live animals
Long-term shortage of mineral fuels and lubricants
Long-term shortage of machinery and transport equipment
Long-term shortage of inedible crude non-fuel materials
Long-term shortage of animal and vegetable oils and fats
Long-term shortage of miscellaneous manufactured articles
Aggravates:
Rationing
Profiteering
Strategies:
Trading commodities
Limiting availability of commodities
Freeing up availability of commodities
Subject(s):
Commerce
→
Merchandise
Commerce
→
Purchasing, supplying
Industry
→
Commodities
Societal Problems
→
Scarcity
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
C: Cross-sectoral problems
Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST