Dealing with the Coffee Crisis in Central America : Impacts and Strategies

Dealing with the Coffee Crisis in Central America : Impacts and Strategies

Current coffee prices are at record lows and below the cost of production for many producers in Central America. Moreover, the coffee crisis is structural, and changes in supply and demand do not indicate a quick recovery of prices. So, coffee prod...

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Main Authors: Varangis, Panos, Siegel, Paul, Giovannucci, Daniele, Lewin, Bryan
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
COFFEE INDUSTRY & TRADE
COFFEE PRICES
PRODUCTION COSTS
FINANCIAL CRISES
PRICE STABILIZATION
COFFEE PLANTATIONS
LABORERS
EXPORTS
ECONOMIC CONSTRAINTS
RURAL CONDITIONS
WEATHER DISASTERS
COMMODITIES
COMMODITY FUTURES PRICES
ECONOMIC RECESSION
RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
COMPETITIVENESS
DIVERSIFICATION
INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
SOCIAL CONDITIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
SAFETY NET POLICIES AGGREGATE DEMAND
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AUCTIONS
AVERAGE YIELDS
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
BEANS
CHERRIES
CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
COFFEE
COFFEE CRISIS
COFFEE EXPORTS
COFFEE FARMERS
COFFEE PLANTS
COFFEE PRODUCERS
COFFEE PRODUCTION
COFFEE SECTOR
COFFEE YIELDS
COMMODITY
CROP
CROPS
DEBT
DOMESTIC MARKET
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC PROBLEMS
ECONOMIC SECTORS
ECOSYSTEMS
EMPLOYMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
EXPENDITURES
EXTERNALITIES
FAIR TRADE
FARM
FARMER
FARMERS
FARMS
FINANCIAL SECTOR
GDP
HARVESTING
INCOME
INCOME EFFECTS
INFLATION
INTEREST RATES
INTERNATIONAL MARKETS
INVENTORIES
LABOR FORCE
MARKET INFORMATION
MARKET ORIENTATION
MARKET SEGMENTS
MARKET SHARE
MARKETING
NATIONAL ECONOMIES
NICHE MARKETS
PRICE PREMIUM
PRICE PROJECTIONS
PRICE RISK
PRICE SUPPORT
PRICE VOLATILITY
PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION
PRODUCTIVITY
QUALITY COFFEE
REPLANTING
RETAIL
SAFETY NETS
SHADE-GROWN COFFEE
SMALL FARMERS
SMALL PRODUCERS
SOILS
SPECIALTY COFFEE
SPECIALTY COFFEE MARKETS
SPREAD
STOCKS
STRUCTURAL CHANGE
SUPPLIERS
SURPLUS
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TIMBER
TREE DENSITY
UNEMPLOYMENT
VALUE ADDED
WAGES
WORLD MARKETS
SAFETY NET POLICIES
AGGREGATE DEMAND
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/03/2191889/dealing-coffee-crisis-central-america-impacts-strategies
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18273

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/03/2191889/dealing-coffee-crisis-central-america-impacts-strategies
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18273

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