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Strategies for Cotton in West and Central Africa: Enhancing Competitiveness in the 'Cotton-4' (World Bank Working Papers)
Cheikhrouhou, Hela, Baghdadli, Ilhem, Raballand, Gael
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Paperback. Identifies key reforms and defines strategies to enhance the competitiveness of the cotton sector in West and Central Africa. This work associates the areas of improvement with the following three targets: increasing yields to produce larger volumes, reducing cost and increasing the reliability of grading, and enhancing sales revenues. Series: World Bank Working Paper. Num Pages: 108 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; KCM; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 6. Weight in Grams: 200.
Based on comprehensive empirical studies, the paper identifies key reforms and defines strategies to enhance the competitiveness of the cotton sector in West and Central Africa. Lessons learned from the 1990s suggest that transferring public property to private enterprises is not enough, by itself, to put the sector back on a sustainable path.The cotton sector in most West and Central African countries is critical in terms of its contribution to GDP and exports as well as poverty reduction. Until recently, the cotton sector was characterized by a vertically integrated monopolistic structure, whereby all transactions in the chain including, ginning, transportation ... Read more
Based on comprehensive empirical studies, the paper identifies key reforms and defines strategies to enhance the competitiveness of the cotton sector in West and Central Africa. Lessons learned from the 1990s suggest that transferring public property to private enterprises is not enough, by itself, to put the sector back on a sustainable path.The cotton sector in most West and Central African countries is critical in terms of its contribution to GDP and exports as well as poverty reduction. Until recently, the cotton sector was characterized by a vertically integrated monopolistic structure, whereby all transactions in the chain including, ginning, transportation ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
World Bank Publications
Condition
New
Series
World Bank Working Paper
Number of Pages
108
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9780821371312
SKU
V9780821371312
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