Unlocking the Central America's Export Potential : Volume 3. Unlocking Potential in Rural Areas - Geographic Analysis

Unlocking the Central America's Export Potential : Volume 3. Unlocking Potential in Rural Areas - Geographic Analysis

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 Authors:	Torero, Maximo, Elias, Maribel, Alva, Camila, Grandes, Marines
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ACCESS TO TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ACCESSIBILITY ACCESSIBILITY PROBLEMS ACCESSIBILITY TO MARKETS ACCOUNTING AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL SERVICES AGRICULTURE ASSETS BOTTLENECKS BRIDGE CAR CARIBBEAN REGION CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS CASH TRANSFERS COLLECTIVE ACTION COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS COST OF TRANSPORTATION CREDIT ACCESS CROPLAND CROSSING DEFLATORS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICIES DIESEL ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE EMPLOYMENT EXPORTS FARM ACTIVITIES FARM EFFICIENCY FARM HOUSEHOLDS FARM PRODUCTION FARMER FIXED INPUTS FOOD FOR WORK FOOD POLICY GAS PRICES HIGHWAYS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY INCOMPLETE MARKETS INEFFICIENCY INSURANCE LABOR MARKETS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR RESOURCES LAND OWNERSHIP LAND QUALITY LAND SIZE LAND USE LOCAL FARMERS LOW POVERTY RATES MALNUTRITION MARKET FAILURES MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION MEANS OF TRANSPORT MICRO REGIONS MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION MOTIVATION NET INCOME NOISE OPTIMIZATION OUTPUTS POOR POPULATIONS POPULATION DENSITY POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY DATA POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY MAP POVERTY RATES PRODUCTION INPUTS PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTIVE ASSETS PRODUCTIVITY RAILWAY RAILWAY COMPANIES REGIONAL AVERAGES REGIONAL BASKETS REGIONAL INEQUALITY REGIONAL LEVEL REGIONAL PRICE REGIONAL PRICE DIFFERENCES RISK AVERSE ROAD ROAD CLASSIFICATIONS ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD NETWORK ROUTE RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL ECONOMY RURAL HIGHLANDS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL LABOR RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY RURAL REGIONS SAFETY SAFETY NETS SCHOOL FEEDING SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMS SCHOOLING SMALL FARMERS SMALL FARMS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL PROTECTION SPATIAL ANALYSIS SUBSISTENCE TARGETING TIRES TRAILS TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION COST TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE TRAVEL SPEED TRAVEL TIME TRIP VARIABLE INPUTS VEGETABLES VEHICLE VILLAGE LEADERS WAGES WALKING WELFARE MEASURE
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27272

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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.