remain, particularly regarding whether the local social and economic impacts are sufficient. Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) is … chain, CmiA – like its sister scheme the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) – seeks to ensure compliance with specific … environmental and social conditions in the cotton production process. Wherever it is implemented and monitored, the CmiA …

What would a "good" industrial policy in the realm of cotton production look like? This article seeks to address this … question through a focus on reforms to the cotton sector in Kazakhstan. In contrast with neighbouring Uzbekistan and … Turkmenistan, administrators in Kazakhstan had widely freed the cotton sector from government control as early as 1998 …