Farm Productivity and Market Structure : Evidence from Cotton Reforms in Zambia

This paper investigates the impacts of cotton marketing reforms on farm productivity, a key element for poverty alleviation, in rural Zambia. The reforms comprised the elimination of the Zambian cotton marketing board that was in place since 1977. Following liberalization, the sector adopted an outg...

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Main Authors: Brambilla, Irene, Porto, Guido G.
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
GDP
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/05/6759729/farm-productivity-market-structure-evidence-cotton-reforms-zambia
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8686

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