Unlocking Central America's Export Potential

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.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2012-10
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&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 https://hdl.handle.net/10986/27216
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