Unlocking Central America's Export Potential : Value Chain Analyses

Unlocking Central America's Export Potential : Value Chain Analyses

The Central America region is a small market. The region contains around 43 million inhabitants (0.6 percent of total world population) who generate around 0.25 percent of the world's Gross Domestic Product (GDP). While the region has successf...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ACCESS TO MARKET ACCESSIBILITY AGRIBUSINESS AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRONOMIC PRACTICES AIR AIR TRAVEL AIRPORT AIRPORTS APPLES AQUACULTURE ARTERIES AUCTION AUCTIONS BEST PRACTICES BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE BOTTLENECKS BRAND BRANDS BUSINESS INFORMATION BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEM BUSINESS LEADERS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES BUSINESS STRATEGIES BUSINESS STRATEGY BUYER CAPACITY BUILDING CASH FLOW COFFEE COFFEE BEANS COFFEE BUYERS COFFEE EXPORTS COFFEE FARMERS COFFEE GROWERS COFFEE GROWING COFFEE GROWING AREAS COFFEE INDUSTRY COFFEE MARKET COFFEE MARKETS COFFEE PRODUCER COFFEE PRODUCERS COFFEE PRODUCTION COFFEE SECTOR COMMERCE COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMMON MARKET COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES COMPETITIVENESS CONSERVATION PRINCIPLES CONSUMER DEMAND CONSUMER MARKET COOPERATIVES COUNTRY OF ORIGIN CROP CROPS CULTIVATION CUSTOMIZATION CUSTOMS CUSTOMS CLEARANCE DEMAND ANALYSIS DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL DOMAIN DOMESTIC MARKET DRIVERS DRIVING DRIVING COSTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELECTRONIC PLATFORM EMERGING MARKETS ENABLING ENVIRONMENT ENTRY POINTS EQUIPMENT EXPENDITURES EXPORT MARKET EXPORT PROMOTION EXTERNALITIES FAO FARM FARM MANAGEMENT FARMER FARMS FERTILIZER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL SERVICE FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN EXCHANGE FREIGHT FRUITS FUEL FUNGI GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS GLOBAL MARKET GLOBAL MARKETPLACE GLOBAL MARKETS GLOBALIZATION GOVERNMENT POLICIES GPS GREEN BEANS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH POTENTIAL GROWTH STRATEGY HARMONIZATION HARVESTING HUMAN CAPACITY ICT IMPACT OF TRANSPORT IMPACT OF TRANSPORT COSTS INCOME GENERATION INDUSTRY STANDARDS INFORMATION FLOWS INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS INNOVATION INSPECTION INSTITUTION INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INTERNATIONAL MARKET INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT INTERNET AUCTION INVENTORIES INVENTORY LABOR COSTS LAND USE LAND USE PLANNING LIMITED ACCESS MANUFACTURING MARKET ACCESS MARKET ANALYSIS MARKET DEMAND MARKET DEMANDS MARKET INFORMATION MARKET OPPORTUNITIES MARKET POSITIONING MARKET PRICES MARKET RESEARCH MARKET SEGMENT MARKET SEGMENTATION MARKET SEGMENTS MARKET SHARE MARKET SURVEY MARKET TRENDS MARKETING MARKETING BOARD MARKETPLACE MEDICAL DEVICE MEDICAL DEVICES MEDIUM ENTERPRISE MEDIUM ENTERPRISES MODES OF TRANSPORT MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT NEW TECHNOLOGIES ONLINE AUCTION ONLINE AUCTIONS ORGANIC AGRICULTURE ORGANIC FARMING PERFORMANCE MEASURE PLANTATIONS PORT FACILITIES PRICE DIFFERENTIAL PRICE TRENDS PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION PRODUCE PRODUCER PRICE PRODUCT INFORMATION PRODUCT INNOVATION PRODUCT QUALITY PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCTION PROCESSES PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES PRODUCTIVITY PROFIT MARGINS PROTOCOL PUBLIC WORKS PURCHASING QUALITY COFFEE R&AMP;D REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION REGIONAL TRAVEL RELIABILITY RESULT RESULTS RETAIL RETAIL SALES ROAD ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROUTE RURAL ROADS SAFETY SALES SANITATION SECURITY SERVICE SERVER SERVICE PROVIDERS SILOS SITES SMALL FARMERS SMALL PRODUCERS SPECIALTY COFFEE SPECIALTY COFFEE MARKETS STANDARDIZATION SUPPLIERS SUPPLY CHAIN TAX TAXI DRIVER TAXIS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL SKILLS TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT TRACEABILITY TRAFFIC TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS TRAVELERS TRIP TROPICAL AGRICULTURE VALUE CHAIN VALUE CHAINS WORLD MARKETS WORLD TRADE WWW YIELDS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/596381468239668252/Unlocking-potential-at-the-sector-level-value-chain-analyses http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27216

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Summary:	The Central America region is a small market. The region contains around 43 million inhabitants (0.6 percent of total world population) who generate around 0.25 percent of the world's Gross Domestic Product (GDP). While the region has successfully embarked on a regional integration agenda and has strong commercial links with the US, extra-regional trade-mainly with large fast-growing emerging economies-remains a challenge. Export performance is analyzed along three dimensions that, together, give a fairly comprehensive picture of competitiveness: 1) the composition, orientation and growth of the export basket; 2) the degree of export diversification across products and markets; and 3) the level of sophistication and quality of their main exports. This analysis allows exports dynamics at the different margins of trade (intensive, extensive, and quality) to be evaluated and individual countries' to be benchmarked with peers in the Central American region. The results of this report allow policy makers to identify key areas to explore in the overall discussion of export competitiveness in the Central American region. This paper relates to the literature on challenges and opportunities that trade liberalization can bring to the Central American region. Much of the recent literature focuses on the role of the free trade agreement negotiated by Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, with the US.

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