The World Trade Organization's Doha Cotton Initiative : A Tale of Two Issues

The World Trade Organization's Doha Cotton Initiative : A Tale of Two Issues

Four West African nations have demanded that the World Trade Organization's Doha Development Agenda include a Cotton Initiative that involves two issues: cutting cotton subsidies and tariffs, and assisting farm productivity growth in Africa. The authors provide estimates of the potential econom...

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Main Authors: Anderson, Kym, Valenzuela, Ernesto
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES
AGRICULTURE
BASE YEAR
BENCHMARK
BILATERAL TRADE
BIOTECHNOLOGY
CAPITA INCOMES
CGIAR
CLOTHING
COMMODITY
COMPETITIVENESS
CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE
COTTON
COTTON INDUSTRY
COTTON PRODUCTION
COTTON SECTOR
COTTON SEEDS
COUNTERVAILING MEASURES
CROP
CROP INSURANCE
DISPUTE SETTLEMENT
ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
ECONOMIC STRUCTURES
EXPORT
EXPORT SUBSIDIES
EXPORT SUBSIDY
EXPORTS
FAO
FARM
FARM INCOME
FARM PRODUCTIVITY
FARMERS
FARMING
FIBRES
FLAX
FOOD CROPS
GDP
INCOME
LDCS
MERCHANDISE
MULTILATERAL TRADE
NET EXPORTS
PESTICIDE
POOR FARMERS
PRODUCTION OF COTTON
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
RICE
SEED
SMALL FARMERS
SPRING
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
TAX
TEXTILE
TEXTILE INDUSTRY
TEXTILES
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
TRADE POLICIES
TRADE POLICY
URUGUAY ROUND
VALUE ADDED
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
WTO
YIELDS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/05/6771655/world-trade-organizations-doha-cotton-initiative-tale-two-issues
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8666

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/05/6771655/world-trade-organizations-doha-cotton-initiative-tale-two-issues
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8666

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