This study analyses the opportunities and challenges presented by agricultural insurance instruments to deepen financial services in rural areas in a sustainable manner. It presents a public policy framework to guide the decision making process of public support and interventions. The focus is...

Este estudio analiza las oportunidades y desafíos que presentan los nuevos instrumentos de seguro agropecuario para fortalecer el sector financiero en áreas rurales de una manera sustentable. Se presenta un marco de políticas públicas para guiar el proceso de toma de decisiones sobre apoyos...

This study analyses the opportunities and challenges presented by agricultural insurance instruments in the deepening of financial services in rural areas in Mesoamerica. It outlines a public policy framework to guide the decision-making process. It concludes that, in order to support the...

Le café a traditionnellement joué un rôle particulier en milieu rural haïtien, à la fois sur le plan économique, social et environnemental. Cependant, la compétitivité du secteur caféier en Haïti est en baisse depuis plusieurs années en raison d'une combinaison de facteurs externes et...

The net benefits of CAFTA and their distribution among sectors of the economy and social groups are major concerns of policy makers in Central America. The objective of the Bank's support to Central America is to assist in the design of policies that maximize total net benefits while improving...

El análisis resalta la necesidad de repensar la estructura actual de las políticas y programas de apoyo agropecuario en América Central y República Dominicana dada la alta dependencia en apoyos de precio y la tendencia hacia la liberalización comercial bajo los acuerdos con Estados Unidos....

This analysis points to the need to rethink the structure of current agricultural support policies and programs in Central America and the Dominican Republic, given the heavy reliance on price supports and the steps to liberalize trade to be undertaken in accordance with the various trade...

This analysis points to the need to rethink the structure of current agricultural support policies and programs in Central America and the Dominican Republic, given the heavy reliance on price supports and the steps to liberalize trade to be undertaken in accordance with the various trade...

Este estudio analiza las oportunidades y desafíos que presentan los nuevos instrumentos de seguro agropecuario para fortalecer el sector financiero en áreas rurales de una manera sustentable. Se presenta un marco de políticas públicas para guiar el proceso de toma de decisiones sobre apoyos...

This paper deals with the coffee industry in Haiti. Coffee has traditionally played a unique role in rural Haiti, in economic, social and environmental terms. However, the competitiveness of the coffee sector of Haiti has been declining over recent years due to a combination of external and...