The WTO Doha Round, Cotton Sector Dynamics and Poverty Trends in Zambia

The WTO Doha Round, Cotton Sector Dynamics and Poverty Trends in Zambia

The Zambian cotton sector went through significant reforms during the 1990s. After a long period of parastatal control, a process of liberalization in cotton production and marketing began in 1994. These reforms were expected to benefit agricultural farmers. In Zambia, these are rural, often vulnera...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Balat, Jorge F., Porto, Guido G.
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ACCESS TO CREDIT
AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING
AGRICULTURAL MARKETS
AGRICULTURAL PRICES
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
CASH CROPS
CASSAVA
COMMODITIES
COMMODITY
COTTON
COTTON GROWING
COTTON PRICES
COTTON PRODUCTION
COTTON SALES
COTTON SECTOR
COTTON SEEDS
CROP
CROP DIVERSIFICATION
CROPPING
DEBT
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
ECONOMETRIC MODELS
ECONOMIC POLICIES
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
ELASTICITY
EQUILIBRIUM
EXCESS DEMAND
EXCHANGE RATE
EXPLOITATION
EXPORTS
FARM
FARM PRODUCTIVITY
FARMER
FARMERS
FARMING
FERTILIZER
FERTILIZERS
FOOD CROPS
FOOD SECURITY
FREE TRADE
GDP
GINNERIES
GRAIN
GROUNDNUTS
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INSURANCE
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
IRRIGATION
LABOR MARKETS
LIVESTOCK
LIVING CONDITIONS
MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION
MAIZE
MAIZE GRAIN
MALNUTRITION
MINES
NASH
NATURAL RESOURCES
PER CAPITA INCOME
PESTICIDE
PESTICIDES
POOR FARMERS
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POOREST HOUSEHOLDS
POSITIVE EFFECTS
POULTRY
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY RATES
PRICE CHANGES
PRICE CONTROLS
PRICE INCREASES
PRODUCE
PRODUCERS
PRODUCTION OF COTTON
PUBLIC AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
QUOTAS
RURAL POVERTY
SEED
SEED COTTON
SMALLHOLDERS
SOIL CHARACTERISTICS
STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT
SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE
SUNFLOWERS
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TOBACCO
TRADE BARRIERS
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRADE REFORMS
TRANSACTION COSTS
VEGETABLES
WAGES
WELFARE EFFECTS
WELFARE GAINS
WTO
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/09/6252189/wto-doha-round-cotton-sector-dynamics-poverty-trends-zambia-wto-doha-round-cotton-sector-dynamics-poverty-trends-zambia
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8598

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/09/6252189/wto-doha-round-cotton-sector-dynamics-poverty-trends-zambia-wto-doha-round-cotton-sector-dynamics-poverty-trends-zambia
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8598

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