Governing Cotton : Globalization and Poverty in Africa.

This book traces the historic relationships between cotton production, the international cotton trade and poverty south of the Sahara, and assesses various approaches to corporate social responsibility and nongovernmental policy advocacy in this area.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sneyd, Adam
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Temas:
Cotton growing > Africa.
Coton > Culture > Afrique.
Development studies > Sub-Saharan Africa.
Agriculture & related industries > Sub-Saharan Africa.
Political economy > Sub-Saharan Africa.
Poverty & unemployment > Sub-Saharan Africa.
Economics.
Cotton growing
Africa
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Cotton-Picking Problems Beyond the WTO; 2 Historic Relationships Between Cotton and Poverty; 3 Global Trade Governance and Cotton Dependence: Beyond Poverty Maintenance; 4 Breaking the Historic Relationships in Tanzania; 5 NGOs, Conventional Production and Poverty; 6 CSR and the Cotton-Poverty Relationship; 7 Conclusions: Global Interventions and Poverty Eradication; Appendix A: Sources for Cotton Statistics; Appendix B: Stabilization, Adjustment and Rural Livelihoods; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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