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Table I

Rubric evaluation for promotion of the internationalization of cocoa and chocolate value chains

Author	Evaluation variable	Valorization
Ayres & Del Huerto (2016)	Product quality improvements	0: There has been no improvement provided by subnational government or other organizations 1: Improvements have been provided by organizations other than subnational government and without governmental coordination 2: Improvements have been directly provided by the subnational government 3: Improvements have been provided by organizations other than subnational governments with governmental coordination 4: Product services are continuously delivered by subnational governments and private organizations coordinately and constantly to improve quality
Ayres & Del Huerto (2016), Barrientos (2014)	Interworking improvements at link level	0: There has been no improvement provided by subnational government or other organizations 1: Organizations other than subnational governments have carried out activities to connect customers to producers or to direct and indirect stakeholders of the cocoa and chocolate value chains 2: Subnational governments have carried out activities to connect customers to producers or to direct and indirect stakeholders of the cocoa and chocolate value chains 3: Private organizations and subnational governments have carried out joint activities to connect customers to producers or to direct and indirect stakeholders of the cocoa and chocolate value chains 4: Private organizations and subnational governments have managed to connect customers to producers and to direct and indirect stakeholders of the cocoa and chocolate value chains
CEPAL (2012)	Improvements in human capacities	0: There has been no improvement provided by subnational government or other organizations 1: Improvements have been provided by organizations other than the subnational government and without governmental coordination to improve workforce skills 2: Improvements have been provided directly by the subnational government to improve workforce skills 3: Improvements have been provided coordinately between organizations other than subnational governments to improve workforce skills 4: Product services are continuously delivered by subnational governments and private organizations to improve workforce skills coordinately and constantly
Shapira, Youtie, Cox, Uyarra, Gök, Rogers and Downing (2015), Stezano (2013)	Organizational capacity improvements	0: There has been no improvement provided by the subnational government or other organizations 1: Improvements have been provided by organizations other than subnational government and without governmental coordination to improve management, production and organizational capacities of direct stakeholders 2: Improvements have been provided by the subnational government directly to improve management, production and organizational capacities of direct stakeholders 3: Improvements have been provided coordinately between organizations other than subnational governments to improve management, production and organizational capacities of direct stakeholders 4: Product services are continuously delivered by subnational governments and private organizations coordinately and constantly to improve management, production and organizational capacities of direct stakeholders

Author	Evaluation variable	Valorization
Ayres & Del Huerto (2016)	Product quality improvements	0: There has been no improvement provided by subnational government or other organizations1: Improvements have been provided by organizations other than subnational government and without governmental coordination2: Improvements have been directly provided by the subnational government3: Improvements have been provided by organizations other than subnational governments with governmental coordination4: Product services are continuously delivered by subnational governments and private organizations coordinately and constantly to improve quality
Ayres & Del Huerto (2016), Barrientos (2014)	Interworking improvements at link level	0: There has been no improvement provided by subnational government or other organizations1: Organizations other than subnational governments have carried out activities to connect customers to producers or to direct and indirect stakeholders of the cocoa and chocolate value chains2: Subnational governments have carried out activities to connect customers to producers or to direct and indirect stakeholders of the cocoa and chocolate value chains3: Private organizations and subnational governments have carried out joint activities to connect customers to producers or to direct and indirect stakeholders of the cocoa and chocolate value chains4: Private organizations and subnational governments have managed to connect customers to producers and to direct and indirect stakeholders of the cocoa and chocolate value chains
CEPAL (2012)	Improvements in human capacities	0: There has been no improvement provided by subnational government or other organizations1: Improvements have been provided by organizations other than the subnational government and without governmental coordination to improve workforce skills2: Improvements have been provided directly by the subnational government to improve workforce skills3: Improvements have been provided coordinately between organizations other than subnational governments to improve workforce skills4: Product services are continuously delivered by subnational governments and private organizations to improve workforce skills coordinately and constantly
Shapira, Youtie, Cox, Uyarra, Gök, Rogers and Downing (2015), Stezano (2013)	Organizational capacity improvements	0: There has been no improvement provided by the subnational government or other organizations1: Improvements have been provided by organizations other than subnational government and without governmental coordination to improve management, production and organizational capacities of direct stakeholders2: Improvements have been provided by the subnational government directly to improve management, production and organizational capacities of direct stakeholders3: Improvements have been provided coordinately between organizations other than subnational governments to improve management, production and organizational capacities of direct stakeholders4: Product services are continuously delivered by subnational governments and private organizations coordinately and constantly to improve management, production and organizational capacities of direct stakeholders