Paraguayan wood Case Study
Paraguay has no commercial forests, however, an assessment of their resources and competitive and comparative advantages we identified the fact that their neighbors – Brazil and Argentina – have commercial tree plantations but limited labor, which was in surplus in Ciudad del Este. Realizing that we can combine the resources of their neighbors to develop a sustainable industry that benefitted all countries, companies and individuals.

Other efforts in Paraguay include support of development of the wood molding industry. Paraguay has limited forestry resources; however, an assessment of competitive and comparative advantages identified the fact that Paraguay’s neighbors had an advantage on semi-processed wood products but lacked sufficient labor to move product up the value chain. This labor was available in Paraguay and the 20/20DC team assisted the used Paraguay Vende team in developing a wood molding industry.