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:
AIR
FAO
GPS
ICT
TAX
WWW
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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language English
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topic 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&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
spellingShingle 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&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
World Bank
Unlocking Central America's Export Potential : Value Chain Analyses
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
Central America
description 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.
format Working Paper
author World Bank
author_facet World Bank
author_sort World Bank
title Unlocking Central America's Export Potential : Value Chain Analyses
title_short Unlocking Central America's Export Potential : Value Chain Analyses
title_full Unlocking Central America's Export Potential : Value Chain Analyses
title_fullStr Unlocking Central America's Export Potential : Value Chain Analyses
title_full_unstemmed Unlocking Central America's Export Potential : Value Chain Analyses
title_sort unlocking central america's export potential : value chain analyses
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2017
url 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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spelling okr-10986-272162021-04-23T14:04:40Z Unlocking Central America's Export Potential : Value Chain Analyses World Bank 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&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 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. 2017-06-15T19:34:52Z 2017-06-15T19:34:52Z 2012-10 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/596381468239668252/Unlocking-potential-at-the-sector-level-value-chain-analyses http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27216 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Central America