For Whom? Recruitment

Jump start your college experience... This opportunity is aimed towards incoming freshman as a way to partake in an International experience as well as become acquainted with students and faculty with whom they will be interacting during the school year. Invest in a world of experience  Cut here “This experience was not only educational- but un! We got to live what we were learning. I can’t stop telling everyone how much I enjoyed my time. Pura Vida!” -Derry Steer, Student Participant

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The Itinerary

Rain Forests

Beaches

Volcanos

Top economic industries and products  Eco-tourism  Microprocessors  Bananas  Pineapples  Coffee

More Coffee? Yes Please.  Brought over from Ethiopia 1776  3 rd largest agricultural export only in last 15 years  Why?  TRADE BARRIERS!  Created from instability  Not working

Coffee  WTO  Cairns Group  1986  Hope to rival European Economic Community (now EU) and United States  19 Countries  Argentina  Australia  Bolivia  Brazil  Canada  Chile  Colombia  Costa Rica  Guatemala  Indonesia  Malaysia  New Zealand  Pakistan  Paraguay  Peru  Philippines  South Africa  Thailand  Uruguay

Cairns Group

 Vision-  eliminate export subsidies/taxes  generate greater market access  generate domestic support

Effect  Costa Rica lifted export tax  158,000 tons in 1988 to 168,000 in 1992

Costa Rica sells to Starbucks

Coffee problems  Harmful to environment  Lots of cleared land  Excessive amounts of water  Harsh chemicals

Eco-Tourism and Coffee  Push for organic coffee  Shade grown coffee plants  No chemicals  No land clearing  Less water

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