Initiative that involves two issues: cutting cotton subsidies and tariffs, and assisting farm productivity growth in Africa. The … authors provide estimates of the potential economic impacts of (1) complete or partial removal of cotton subsidies and import …"Four West African nations have demanded that the World Trade Organization's Doha Development Agenda include a Cotton …

remove cotton subsidies and import tariffs globally. "--World Bank web site …"The authors provide estimates of the economic impact of initial adoption of genetically modified (GM) cotton and of …, adoption of GM cotton varieties by other developing countries-especially in Sub-Saharan Africa-could provide even larger …

"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 … the dynamics of the cotton sector and the dynamics of poverty and evaluate to what extent cotton can work as a vehicle for …

"The authors examine the price linkages among polyester (the dominant chemical fiber), cotton (the dominant natural … cotton and polyester prices, well above the co-movement observed between these two prices and prices of other primary … commodities. b) Crude oil prices have a stronger effect on polyester prices compared with cotton prices. c) Price shocks …