This paper applies time series data extracted from different global open data sources to investigate GDP per capita convergence for coffee producing and re-exporting countries. Inspired by the Solow-Swan model, the paper tests the proposition that poorer countries grow faster than richer...

Managed forest ecosystems like shade coffee supply valuable ecological services. Yet little is known about the drivers and characteristics of clearing in such systems. We present a spatial econometric analysis of land cover in a shade coffee region in southern Mexico. We find that plots close to...