Download or read book Export Agriculture and the Crisis in Central America written by Robert G. Williams and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2014-02-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before social unrest shook the region in the 1970s, Central America experienced more than a decade of rapid export growth by adding cotton and beef to the traditional coffee and bananas. Williams shows how the rapid growth contributed to the present social and political crisis, examines the causes of the export boom and who benefited from it, and shows the impact of the boom on land use, the ecology, and the conditions of life in the rural areas.

Download or read book Perspectives on the Agro Export Economy in Central America written by Wim Pelupessy and published by Springer. This book was released on 1991-06-18 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume focuses on the issues and debates surrounding the agricultural export economy of Central America. Perspectives on traditional exports and the international markets, and labour problems are provided as well as a comparative study of the Salvadorean and Nicaraguan cotton sectors.

Download or read book Environment Under Fire written by Daniel Faber and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Structural Adjustment and the Agricultural Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean written by John Weeks and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-03 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a result of the regional debt crisis, most governments of Latin America in the 1980s entered into a process of profound policy change, from an import substitution oriented strategy to a focus upon export-promotion, with an emphasis upon market liberalisation. According to mainstream economic theory, the effect of this shift would be to favour agriculture. This book, with contributors from Latin America and Europe, surveys the results on agriculture of a decade of policy change, and to produce new and unexpected insights.

Download or read book Risk Aversion Through Nontraditional Export Promotion Programs in Central America written by Carlos A. Arnade and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Challenges and Prospects for Central America in a Context of Global Trade written by Villasuso Estomba Villasuso E. and published by IICA Biblioteca Venezuela. This book was released on 1993 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Agricultural Prospects in Central America written by Francis S. Urban and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Impact of Central American Integration on U S Agricultural Exports written by Norman R. Kallemeyn and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Trade Policy Standards and Development in Central America written by Gary Clyde Hufbauer and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2001 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Faster economic growth and expansion of exports in Central America in the 21st century will depend on many factors. These include efficient and modern standards systems and an end to technical barriers to trade. Regional efforts can be an efficient way to modernize standards systems.

Download or read book Harvest Of Want written by Scott Whiteford and published by Westview Press. This book was released on 1991-09-17 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Land Power and Poverty written by Charles D. Brockett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1990 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Agenda for Cooperation in Agriculture Between the Countries of Central America and the Caribbean written by and published by Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE. This book was released on with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Agrarian Change and Political Stability in Central America written by Neville Buck Marshall and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Agricultural Development in Central America written by Rodolfo Quiros-Guardia and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Agricultural Development and Economic Integration in Central America written by Rodolfo Eduardo Quirós-Guardia and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book States and Social Evolution written by Robert Gregory Williams and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 1994 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The national governments of Central America were constructed between 1840 and 1900, a time when coffee was transformed from a botanical curiosity to the region's most important export. In spite of their geographic proximity, the national governments that

Download or read book Feeding the Crisis written by Rachel Garst and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conners argues that children's food can shape the course of the brain's growth, its function and capabilities. A serious work for the lay reader. The authors show how US food assistance is hurting, rather than helping Central American economies. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR