extent do cocoa prices affect Cote d'Ivoire's competitiveness in world trade? Third, the answer to this question is that … Disease," increases in the real world price of a "natural resource" (i.e., cocoa) tend to result in the appreciation of the …This paper explores competitiveness of Cote d'Ivoire's economy over a long period of 1960-2003 and its link with cocoa …