conjectures that biotechnology-induced productivity improvements increased supplies by China and India, which, in addition to …During the past decade, cotton prices remained considerably below other agricultural prices (although they recovered … toward the end of 2010). Yet, between 2000-04 and 2005-09 world cotton production increased 13 percent. This paper …

This paper analyzes and compares the structure of cotton by-products industries in se-lected countries (Uganda … as feedstocks for biofuels is unlikely to become a new source of growth for the cotton oil market. Third, within the … context of deepening the on-going reform efforts in West and Central African countries, cotton by-products should be taken …

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 evaluates to what extent cotton can work as a vehicle …

Following an 8-year long dispute over cotton subsidies, Brazil and the United States signed a Memorandum of … Understanding on April 21, 2010, effectively paving the way for settling the dispute. This paper argues that cotton subsidies are …, political will. Chief among them is the persistent divergence between cotton prices and the prices of other agricultural …

tight link between exemplary performance and initial plant productivity, which is robust to many controls, including plant … associated with subsequent growth in firm productivity …

business environment variables at the subnational level in explaining firm employment and productivity growth. The analysis …

between servicification and productivity in Turkey. Although servicification has the potential to boost firm performance, the … particularly less productive. Regulatory restrictions in services are explored as an explanatory factor. Productivity gaps appear …

-side and supply-side factors on industrywide aggregate productivity. The paper focuses on the effects of three factors: (1 … competition, which enables interpreting the estimated coefficients of a reduced form, dynamic productivity equation. The paper … blocks. In this industry, the expansion of the local market boosts industrywide total factor revenue productivity, while …

as the impact of these activities on firm-level productivity. The evidence gathered suggests that countries in the South …-owned firms as the most innovative of the region. The evidence also suggests a positive impact of innovation on productivity …