the dynamics of the cotton sector and the dynamics of poverty and evaluate to what extent cotton can work as a vehicle for … poverty alleviation. They find that cotton can indeed act as an effective mechanism for increased household welfare. They also …The Zambian cotton sector went through significant reforms during the 1990s. After a long period of parastatal control …

At the outset of China's reform period, the country had a far higher poverty rate than for Africa as a whole. Within … five years that was no longer true. This paper tries to explain how China escaped from a situation in which extreme poverty … persisted due to failed and unpopular policies. While acknowledging that Africa faces constraints that China did not, and that …

The authors examine the empirical evidence in support of the poverty trap view of underdevelopment. They calibrate … simple aggregate growth models in which poverty traps can arise due to either low saving or low technology at low levels of … development. They then use these models to assess the empirical relevance of poverty traps and their consequences for policy. The …

in Africa underscoring the significance of social protection in a poverty reduction strategy. …Christiaensen, Demery, and Paternostro review recent evidence on the trends in household well-being in Africa during … the 1990s. They draw on the findings of a series of studies on poverty dynamics that use the better data sets now …

After an impressive acceleration in growth and poverty reduction since the mid-1990s, many African countries continue … recovery in developed countries, numerous weather shocks, and civil conflicts in Africa? This paper "stress tests" African … economies. The findings indicate that Africa's long-term growth is fairly impervious to a prolonged recession in high …

, the impact of trade openness on poverty reduction is ambiguous. A more liberalized trade regime is argued to change … relative factor prices in favor of the more abundant factor. If poverty and relative low income stem from abundance of labor …, greater trade openness should lead to higher labor prices and a decrease in poverty. However, should the re-allocation of …

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

of GM cotton varieties by other developing countries-especially in Sub-Saharan Africa-could provide even larger …The authors provide estimates of the economic impact of initial adoption of genetically modified (GM) cotton and of its … Analysis Project (GTAP) database and model. The results suggest that by following the lead of China and South Africa, adoption …

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 …

The value of world cotton production in 2000-01 has been estimated at about $20 billion, down from $35 billion in 1996 …-97 when cotton prices were 50 percent higher. Although cotton's share in world merchandise trade is insignificant (about 0 ….12 percent), it is very important to a number of developing countries. Cotton accounts for approximately 40 percent of total …