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From the early 1960s to the early 1980s, the officially recorded production of cocoa in Ghana declined by 60 percent. During the 1983–95 Economic Recovery Program, however, cocoa production doubled. Although these developments have inspired much empirical research, most of the studies have been unable to explain the medium-term persistence of cocoa output to remain below its estimated capacity level. The paper argues that the price incentive to smuggle can explain as much as one-half of the observed decline in output and the subsequent recovery. A cointegration analysis and a dynamic error-correction model of cocoa supply support the analysis.
Facing increasingly tough international competition in coffee and cocoa markets, Côte d'Ivoire can increase export revenues from the two commodities 8 percent in 1995 and about 12 percent in 2000 by increasing coffee production and cutting back on the expansion in cocoa production.
"The report provides an overview of the cocoa sector in Ghana. The focus is on cocoa pricing and COCOBOD's intervention in the sector. Cocoa farmers in Ghana have suffered some of the heaviest taxation ever recorded in history. The heavy taxation of cocoa was a colonial legacy that got reinforced in post-independent Ghana. By the early 1980s, cocoa farmers were receiving less than one-fifth of the cocoa export price. Naturally, this reduced farmers' motivation driving cocoa production into the ground. ... But most importantly, the pricing policies of COCOBOD and the Government of Ghana (GoG) have contributed to the impoverishment that has become the lots of cocoa farmers"--Pages 1-2
Reviews the performance of the Ghanaian economy for the period 1983 to 1991, aimed at assessing the impact of structural adjustment policies in different areas of the economy.
The cyclical boom-to-recession nature of the economics of cocoa supply is a major problem for the international cocoa industry - and especially for countries whose economies depend on cocoa exports. Only through an understanding of the dynamics of cocoa cycles can policy decisions be made through the various phases of supply cycles. Based on a major international cocoa conference, this book presents seventeen edited papers from leading experts, making a major contribution to that understanding. It explains the powerful economic, social and political factors which impact on the cocoa economy. It shows the laws of cocoa supply are closely linked to environmental, ecological and institutional factors.
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