This paper examines the role of institutional environments on cotton farmer technical efficiency scores in Benin …, Burkina Faso, and Mali using a stochastic frontier production approach. First, the key institutional changes that have …-sectional data collected by the Cotton Sector Reform Project of the Africa, Power, and Politics Programme in 2009. Results from a one …

women’s cash income in many of Mali’s shea producing areas. Internationally, shea has recently become popular in high …

women’s cash income in many of Mali’s shea producing areas. Internationally, shea has recently become popular in high …

This note presents the situation of the Malian cotton sector as of 2001/02, with emphasis on the possibility of … production, storage, and marketing of cotton. Despite excellent performance over the years, CMDT was faced by a major crisis in … 1999/2000 which has persisted. Cotton is very important to the Malian economy. The area of the cotton zone is about 163 …

the Malian cotton sector, starting with Mali's independence in 1960 to the ongoing market-oriented reforms in the 2000s …Applying John R. Commons's institutional economic framework, this paper analyzes the evolution of key institutions in …. In accordance with Commons's economic theory, institutional changes in the Malian cotton sector have led to both intended …

efficiency. In contexts where enforcement institutions are weak,a standard assumption from existing theories of relational …

efficiency. In contexts where enforcement institutions are weak, a standard assumption from existing theories of relational …