This paper explores competitiveness of Cote d'Ivoire's economy over a long period of 1960-2003 and its link with cocoa …. Unfortunately, it has also specialized in one export product, raw cocoa. This paper aims to contribute to the question to what … extent do cocoa prices affect Cote d'Ivoire's competitiveness in world trade? Third, the answer to this question is that …

terms of trade are key to understanding the country's performance as is the policy of specialization in a single commodity--cocoa …, despite gains in human capital accumulation. Fourth, Cote d'Ivoire has pursued a policy of specialization in cocoa beans but … growth failure when cocoa prices began declining since 1976 …