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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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Main Authors:	Balat, Jorge F., Porto, Guido G.
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

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

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