Burundi in the Coffee Global Value Chain: Skills for Private Sector Development. Duke University, Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness (Duke CGGC). World Bank. February 28, 2014
Consulting
Website url: http://www.cggc.duke.edu/pdfs/2014_02_28_Duke_CGGC_Burundi_CoffeeGVC.pdf Arabica coffee has been commercially grown and exported from Burundi for decades, even during periods of economic and political instability. The coffee sector is crucial to the Burundian economy, not only because it provides employment to a large number of smallholder farmers in the country, but also because the majority of the country’s foreign exchange earnings derive from coffee exports.
Service Performed By
- Gereffi, Gary Professor Emeritus of Sociology
Role
- Burundi in the Coffee Global Value Chain: Skills for Private Sector Development
Date
- February 28, 2014
Service or Event Name
- Duke University, Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness (Duke CGGC)
Host Organization
- World Bank
Location or Venue
- Burundi