Description: Agricultural Exports from Latin America and the Caribbean : Harnessing Trade to Feed the World and Promote Development

Agricultural Exports from Latin America and the Caribbean : Harnessing Trade to Feed the World and Promote Development

The United Nations estimates that global food demand will double by 2050, with much of that growth in developing countries. The world will have 2.3 billion more people, and given the deep transformation of growth trajectories in low-income countrie...

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Main Authors:	Chaherli, Nabil, Nash, John
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS ROADS ACCESSIBILITY ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES AGGREGATE EXPORTS AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL EXPORTERS AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL MARKETS AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL POLICY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL TRADE AGRICULTURE ALTERNATIVE INSTRUMENTS ANIMAL FODDER AUTO INDUSTRY BANANAS BEEF BENCHMARKING BEVERAGES BILATERAL AGREEMENTS BORDER CROSSING BORDER CROSSINGS BORDER MANAGEMENT BOTTLENECKS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CASSAVA CEREAL PRODUCTION CEREALS CLIMATE CHANGE CLOSED ECONOMY COMMERCIAL BANKS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPARATIVE DISADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS CONGESTION CONSUMERS CONSUMPTION PATTERNS CORN COUNTRY OF DESTINATION CROSSING CUSTOMS CLEARANCE DAIRY DEFORESTATION DEREGULATION DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DIMINISHING RETURNS DOMESTIC PRODUCTION DOMESTIC TRANSPORT DRIVERS DRIVING ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC SECTORS ECONOMIC TRENDS ECONOMICS ECONOMIES OF SCALE EMISSIONS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTS EQUILIBRIUM EXCHANGE RATE POLICY EXCHANGE RATES EXPORT BARRIERS EXPORT BIAS EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT PATTERNS EXPORT STRUCTURE EXPORT TAXES EXPORTS EXTERNAL TRADE FACTOR ANALYSIS FARES FINANCIAL CRISIS FISH FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD CONSUMPTION PATTERNS FOOD DEMAND FOOD EXPORT FOOD EXPORTS FOOD IMPORTS FOOD POLICY FOOD POLICY RESEARCH FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCT FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD PRODUCTS FOOD SECURITY FOOD SURPLUS FOOD TRADING FREE TRADE FREIGHT FREIGHT TRANSPORT FRUIT FRUITS FUEL FUEL PRODUCTION FUELS GDP GINI COEFFICIENT GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS GLOBAL FOOD SUPPLY GLOBAL MARKETS GLOBAL TRADE GRAIN PRODUCTION GRAINS GRAVITY MODEL GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS HEAVY TRAFFIC HIGH TRADE BARRIERS HIGH TRANSPORTATION HYDROCARBON IMPORT BARRIERS IMPORT COSTS INCOME INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING INLAND TRANSPORT INSPECTION INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL PRICES INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVENTORY LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS MACROECONOMIC POLICIES MACROECONOMIC POLICY MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MAIZE MARITIME TRANSPORT MARKET ACCESS MARKET SHARE MARKET SHARES MEAL MEAT MEATS METALS MONOPOLIES MULTILATERAL SYSTEM MUTUAL RECOGNITION MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF STANDARDS MUTUAL TRADE NATURAL ENDOWMENTS NET EXPORTS OIL PER CAPITA INCOMES PERISHABLE GOODS POLICY ENVIRONMENT POPULATION GROWTH POSITIVE EFFECTS POTATOES PREFERENTIAL TRADE PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS PRICE CONTROLS PRICE FLUCTUATIONS PRICE INCREASES PRODUCERS PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY PRODUCTION PATTERNS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROTECTIONISM RAIL RAIL FREIGHT RAILROADS REAL EXCHANGE RATE REAL EXCHANGE RATES REGIONAL TRADE REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS RESOURCE USE RICE RISK MANAGEMENT RIVER BASINS ROAD ROAD HAULAGE ROAD MAINTENANCE ROAD NETWORK ROAD TRANSPORT ROADS RULES OF ORIGIN RURAL ROADS RURAL TRANSPORT SAFETY SEAFOOD SHARE OF WORLD EXPORTS SOYBEAN SOYBEANS SPECIALIZATION STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT SUBTROPICAL FRUITS SUGAR SUGARCANE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TARIFF CONCESSIONS TARIFF REDUCTION TARIFF REDUCTIONS TAX TAXATION TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TEMPERATURE CONTROL TRADE AGREEMENT TRADE AGREEMENTS TRADE BALANCE TRADE BARRIERS TRADE DIVERSION TRADE FACILITATION TRADE FLOWS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE LOGISTICS TRADE NEGOTIATIONS TRADE PATTERNS TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY TRADE REFORM TRADE REFORMS TRADE REGIME TRADE REGIMES TRADE STRUCTURE TRAFFIC TRAFFIC CONGESTION TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT EFFICIENCY TRANSPORT OPERATORS TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION COSTS TRUE VALUE ADDED VEGETABLE OILS VEGETABLES VEHICLE WHEAT WINE WORLD MARKETS WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/05/17886002/agricultural-exports-latin-america-caribbean-harnessing-trade-feed-world-promote-development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16048

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Summary:	The United Nations estimates that global food demand will double by 2050, with much of that growth in developing countries. The world will have 2.3 billion more people, and given the deep transformation of growth trajectories in low-income countries, they will be increasingly affluent, with demands for more, different, and better food. While countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are quite heterogeneous in their production potential, overall they are well equipped to contribute to meeting this challenge. LAC has always maintained a strong comparative advantage in agricultural production, as indicated not only by its position as a net food exporter but also by its high comparative advantage. LAC is also well endowed in renewable water resources, with about a third of the 42,000 cubic kilometers worldwide. Per capita, LAC has the highest endowment of renewable water among developing regions, though some sub regions in LAC face higher than average scarcity. This report's in-depth look at Argentina and Brazil identifies looming logistics and policy issues that threaten to derail these locomotives of agricultural growth and some policy choices that have contributed to their success and that might be worth emulating. While LAC countries have substantially reduced the anti-export and anti-agricultural biases in their trade regimes, this bias remains significant in some countries. Argentina, a major food exporter, imposes export taxes and quantitative controls, with considerable adverse consequences for the sector and the global food trade system. For LAC countries' agricultural sectors to stay competitive, it is important to appropriately manage the real exchange rate to minimize Dutch disease.

Agricultural Exports from Latin America and the Caribbean : Harnessing Trade to Feed the World and Promote Development

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