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The cocoa coast: The board-managed cocoa sector in Ghana

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  • Kolavalli, Shashidhara
  • Vigneri, Marcella

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After almost 20 years of declining cocoa production, Ghana has been able in the last decade to increase the share of export prices going to producers and more than double production. Contrary to Washington Consensus prescriptions, these accomplishments were achieved through reforms that did not include market liberalization. In The Cocoa Coast: The Board-Managed Cocoa Sector in Ghana, the authors identify factors that have contributed to Ghana’s success in cocoa production. These include the accountability of the government for the sector’s performance (cocoa-sector performance being seen as a key dimension of economic management), its interest in maintaining the ability to raise funds globally as a reliable supplier of high-quality cocoa, and its policy of retaining a portion of producer revenues to promote the adoption of yield-enhancing measures. The authors also suggest how Ghana can improve the efficiency of the cocoa sector through measures such as increased transparency and curtailing services that would be better provided by the private sector. The Cocoa Coast will be a valuable resource for policy makers, development specialists, and others interested in different national development paths.

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  • Kolavalli, Shashidhara & Vigneri, Marcella, 2017. "The cocoa coast: The board-managed cocoa sector in Ghana," IFPRI books, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), number 978-0-89629-268-0, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:fpr:ifprib:9780896292680
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    1. Kissi, Evans & Herzig, Christian, 2021. "Governance of Decent Work in Ghana’s Cocoa Industry: Implications for Economic and Social Upgrading," 61st Annual Conference, Berlin, Germany, September 22-24, 2021 317070, German Association of Agricultural Economists (GEWISOLA).
    2. Cornelia Staritz & Bernhard Tröster & Jan Grumiller & Felix Maile, 2023. "Price-Setting Power in Global Value Chains: The Cases of Price Stabilisation in the Cocoa Sectors in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 35(4), pages 840-868, August.
    3. Boysen, Ole & Ferrari, Emanuele & Nechifor, Victor & Tillie, Pascal, 2023. "Earn a living? What the Côte d’Ivoire–Ghana cocoa living income differential might deliver on its promise," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 114(C).
    4. Olaide Akin-Olagunju & Abiodun Falusi & Sulaiman Yusuf & Victor Okoruwa, 2022. "Does Pesticide Regulation Impact the Export Competitiveness of Major Global Cocoa Producers?," Journal of African Trade, Springer, vol. 9(1), pages 47-72, December.

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