The Government of Uzbekistan (GoU) has recently adopted a policy to mechanize the cotton harvest as part of its drive … cotton. They are contractually obligated to produce stipulated quantities that are annually set by the government, and must … sell these to the GoU at a price fixed by the government. Almost all cotton in Uzbekistan is harvested by hand, even though …

organization and performance of cotton sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa, a study published by the World Bank in 2008. The objective of … outcomes on a sample of nine of the major cotton exporting countries of Sub-Saharan Africa, and draw lessons from each country … of future cotton sector reform programs. This paper describes and reviews the situation of the cotton sector of Cote d …

. Despite very regressive gasoline subsidies benefitting the rich the most, the increase in gasoline prices is found to affect … program will be around 338 trillion rials, which accounts for 77 percent of the estimated total savings from the subsidies …

and sanitation subsidies globally has proved challenging due to utility-level data limitations and their often implicit … nature. This paper develops a methodology to estimate water supply and sanitation subsidies that is adaptable to data scarce …. The results suggest that the cost of subsidies associated with the operations, maintenance, and major repair and …

) subsidies and grants, (ii) tax incentives, and (iii) public procurement incentives. Because incentives run the risk of creating …

. Using data from the World Bank's Living Standards Measurement Study-Integrated Surveys on Agriculture in Malawi and Tanzania …

Through a review of the literature, this paper examines the links of food and agriculture with nutrition in South Asia …