Young boys are forced to become child soldiers in countries that export coffee, diamonds, oil and other materials to the U.S. and the rest of the developed world.
The new American possession of Puerto Rico found itself in financial woes soon after its acquisition its principal export, coffee, was now barred by high tariffs from both Spanish and American markets.
If the American Midwest can grow massive amounts of corn, the rationale goes, then it should grow corn for the world, while Colombian farmers export coffee, Brazilian farmers bananas, and so on.
Its traditional exports, coffee and sugar, have collapsed, and manufacturing has been in decline for decades.
Abidjan's modern deepwater port exports coffee, cocoa, timber, bananas, pineapples, and manganese.
It exports coffee, vanilla, pepper, cloves, and graphite and imports machinery, textiles, and foodstuffs.
The island has significant ore deposits (nickel, iron, chrome, cobalt, manganese) and exports coffee and copra.
Situated in the country's most prosperous agricultural section, Kampala exports coffee, cotton, tea, tobacco, and sugar.
After initially developing a prosperous economy in exporting coffee in the 19th century, the city then moved through industrialization to the services sector.
In his last two years he ran a successful trading post in Harar, east of Addis Ababa, exporting coffee, hides and musk, and importing guns.
The chief trading centre (rice, cassava, livestock, and palm oil and kernels) for the Kisi people of the Guinea Highlands, it is also the major collecting point for the forested surrounding region, which exports coffee and kola nuts.
