Export Commodity Production and Broad-Based Rural Development: Coffee and Cocoa in the Dominican Republic

An estimated 80,000-100,000 Dominican farmers produce coffee and cocoa, nearly 40 percent of all agricultural producers. The sectors also provide employment for tens of thousands of field laborers and persons employed in linked economic activities....

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Main Authors:	Siegel, Paul B., Alwang, Jeff
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURE ARABLE LAND BANKING SYSTEM BANKING SYSTEMS BEANS CACAO CENTRAL AMERICA CENTRAL BANK CLEARINGHOUSE COCOA COCOA BEANS COCOA PRICES COCONUTS COFFEE COFFEE BEANS COFFEE GROWERS COFFEE PRICES COMMERCIAL BANKS COMPETITIVENESS CONSOLIDATION COOPERATIVES CREDIT POLICIES CREDIT RATIONING CREDIT RISK CREDIT RISK MANAGEMENT CREDIT UNIONS CROP INSURANCE CROP INSURANCE SCHEME CURRENT PRICES DEREGULATION DEVALUATION DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES DEVELOPMENT BANKS DISEASES ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS ECOLOGY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC SECTORS EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXPORT CROPS EXPORTS FARMERS FARMS FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SERVICES FISCAL POLICY FOOD PRICES FOREIGN EXCHANGE FORESTRY FULL EMPLOYMENT GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH RATE HARVESTING HORTICULTURAL CROPS HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS HUMAN CAPITAL IMPORT QUOTAS IMPORTS INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOMES INFLATION INFLATION RATES INSURANCE INTEREST RATE INTEREST RATES IRRIGATION LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKETS LATIN AMERICAN LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS LOW INCOME MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE MARKET PRICES MARKETING MELONS MICROFINANCE MIGRATION MONETARY POLICIES NGOS ORANGES OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE PERENNIAL CROPS PESTS PLANTATIONS POLICY MAKERS POPULATION GROWTH PRICE DECLINES PRIVATE BANKING PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCE PRODUCERS PRODUCTION QUANTITIES PRODUCTIVITY PROFITABILITY PRUDENTIAL REGULATIONS REAL PRICES RICE RICE PRODUCTION RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL INCOME RURAL POVERTY SAVINGS SUBSIDIARY SUGAR SUPERVISORY AUTHORITIES TAXATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOBACCO TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRANSACTIONS COSTS TRANSPORT TREE CROPS UNEMPLOYMENT URBANIZATION WAGES WORKING CAPITAL YIELDS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/05/5137272/export-commodity-production-broad-based-rural-development-coffee-cocoa-dominican-republic http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14138

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/05/5137272/export-commodity-production-broad-based-rural-development-coffee-cocoa-dominican-republic
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14138

Export Commodity Production and Broad-Based Rural Development: Coffee and Cocoa in the Dominican Republic

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