Has the Coffee Federation Become Redundant?: Collective Action and the Market in Colombian Development

Rosemary Thorp

No wp-2000-183, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This paper considers the role and modus operandi of the National Coffee Federation of Colombia. Much respected and much criticized over time, today its role is being challenged as inappropriate to the new commitment to a free market economy. The paper evaluates the historical role of the federation, and finds its rationale in collective action problems with an important role for historical continuity and an evolving culture.

Keywords: Agriculture; Agricultural cooperative; International trade; Producer cooperatives (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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