Describe the general movement in coffee prices from 2007 to 2012 and identify one year when supply was likely to have been greater than demand in the coffee market.
Explain how coffee exports and a thriving tourism sector would affect Nepal’s current account in the balance of payments.
With reference to Extract 2, explain how you would classify coffee using the concept of income elasticity of demand.
Using diagrams, explain how changes in demand and supply have affected the coffee market in Colombia and in Nepal.
Discuss the view that Nepal should specialise in the production of coffee and Colombia should specialise in some other product given the changes in costs that have occurred.