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Strategies for cotton in West and Central Africa : enhancing competitiveness in the "Cotton 4" /
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,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
World Bank,
2007.
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| Colección: | World Bank working paper ;
no. 108. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xviii, 88 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780821371329 0821371320 6610940312 9786610940318 128094031X 9781280940316 |
| ISSN: | 1726-5878 ; |