This paper analyses how export growth rates in sub-Saharan Africa are determined by both domestic and external market conditions. We highlight the problems of measuring trade orientation given the various domestically-determined factors which influence the conditions faced by exporters. Focusing...

The paper investigates whether coffee producers can benefit by taking coffee production|marketing decisions on the basis of coffee futures forecasts. The methodology employed is to match futures and spot prices for the coffee futures contract traded at the international commodity exchanges....