Dealing with the coffee crisis in Central America - impacts and strategies (English)

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 producers in Central America are facing new challenges-as are coffee laborers, coffee exporters, and others linked to the coffee sector. Coffee plays a major economic role in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala...

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Varangis, Panos;

Siegel, Paul;

Giovannucci, Daniel;
Document Date
2003/03/31
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS2993
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Honduras, Latin America, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Caribbean, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Central America,
Region
Latin America and Caribbean,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Doc Name
Dealing with the coffee crisis in Central America - impacts and strategies
Keywords
development research group

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Varangis, Panos; Siegel, Paul; Giovannucci, Daniel.

Dealing with the coffee crisis in Central America - impacts and strategies (English). Policy, Research working paper ; no. WPS 2993 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/828021468770134855

Dealing with the coffee crisis in Central America - impacts and strategies (English)

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