2004
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3307436
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CAFTA and the Rural Economies of Central America: A Conceptual Framework for Policy and Program Recommendations

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“…International financial institutions, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), and farm business groups predict that, for most products, CAFTA-DR measures will further boost exports from the United States into Central America (9,12,(28)(29)30). The American Farm Bureau Federation estimates the value of agricultural exports will increase by $1.5 billion annually until 2024 (the year the agreement will be fully implemented).…”
Section: Implications Of Cafta-dr For Food Availability and Pricesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…International financial institutions, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), and farm business groups predict that, for most products, CAFTA-DR measures will further boost exports from the United States into Central America (9,12,(28)(29)30). The American Farm Bureau Federation estimates the value of agricultural exports will increase by $1.5 billion annually until 2024 (the year the agreement will be fully implemented).…”
Section: Implications Of Cafta-dr For Food Availability and Pricesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…But the protagonists have also carefully stated the necessity of complementing the new trade regime with social policies to cushion the groups that stand to be negatively affected such as poor rural households that produce staple crops for income and home consumption (see e.g. Todd et al, 2004).…”
Section: For or Against Free Trade In General And Cafta-dr In Particular?mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…De entre ellos, destacan el desarrollo de la infraestructura rural para reducir costos de transacción, programas de apoyo directo a procesos de acceso a nuevos mercados como el de Estados Unidos, y el mejoramiento de las condiciones fitosanitarias de los países. Todd et al (2004) concluyen que entre los sectores con mayores riesgos de ser perjudic lib para el mercado doméstico y los trabajadores rurales no calificados. Argumentan que para facilitar el ajuste a las nuevas condiciones serán necesarios programas de transferencia directa de ingresos y de asistencia técnica y financiera para la reconversión.…”
Section: Centroaméricaunclassified
“…Sin embargo, tal vez la conclusión principal de Todd et al (2004), es que los países Centro mericanos deben estar dispuestos a apoyar el desarrollo de otras actividades no agropecuarias, economía rural de s cambios de política asociados a la liberalización del comercio en Centroamérica y México. Su argo, la mayor parte de los modelos reseñados por Todd et al (2004) predicen un ejoramiento en las tasas de incidencia de la pobreza, asociado especialmente a cambios en los A que sean capaces de absorber a los campesinos que serán desplazados a consecuencia del CAFTA.…”
Section: Centroaméricaunclassified