| Organization and Performance of Cotton Sectors in Africa: Learning from Reform Experience Contributor(s): Tschirley, David (Editor), Poulton, Colin (Editor), Labaste, Patrick (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0821377701 ISBN-13: 9780821377703 Publisher: World Bank Publications OUR PRICE: $24.70 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2009 Annotation: This book provides an empirically based, analytical assessment of the experience of reform in nine countries across Sub Saharan Africa representing a range of cotton sector structures, a must-read for all persons with a serious interest in an empirical evaluation of the performance of cotton industry structures in Africa. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Investments & Securities - Commodities - General - Business & Economics | Industries - General |
| Dewey: 338.173 |
| LCCN: 2008049852 |
| Series: Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.1" W x 8.9" (0.95 lbs) 268 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Cotton is a rare economic success story in Sub-Saharan Africa. While the continent's share of the world's agricultural trade fell by about half from 1980 to 2005, its share of world cotton exports more than doubled. Cotton is a major source of foreign exchange earnings in more than 15 countries of the continent and is a crucial source of income for millions of rural people. 'Organization and Performance of Cotton Sectors in Africa' provides an in-depth comparative analysis of the outcomes of the reforms that have been implemented in Sub-Saharan cotton sectors and of the linkages between sector organization and performance. The book highlights challenges facing cotton sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa and demonstrates how reform in the sectors is the key to sustaining growth, improving competitiveness and reducing rural poverty. It provides national and regional policy makers with a number of recommendations based upon the observable lessons of past reform programs. |