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050 00 $aHD9087.A2$bB34 2007
100 1 $aBaghdadli, Ilhem.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2007077232
245 10 $aStrategies for cotton in West and Central Africa :$benhancing competitiveness in the "Cotton 4" /$cIlhem Baghdadli, Hela Cheikhrouhou, Gael Raballand.
260 $aWashington, D.C. :$bWorld Bank,$c2007.
300 $axviii, 88 pages :$billustrations, map ;$c26 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aWorld Bank working paper,$x1726-5878 ;$vno. 108
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 85-88).
505 00 $g1.$tThe cotton sector in West and Central Africa : a success story with challenges ahead -- $tWhy reform a growing sector? -- $tWhat types of reforms were instituted? -- $tWhat is the way forward? Towards a competitiveness approach -- $g2.$tIncreasing yields -- $tWhy do cotton yields matter? -- $tWhat explains stagnating seed cotton yields in WCA? -- $tHow can technical practices in WCA be improved? -- $g3.$tReducing post-harvest costs and improving quality -- $tWhat are the main costs and risks borne by ginners? -- $tWhat is the way to minimize risk when designing seed cotton pricing schemes? -- $tHow can the risks associated with transport be reduced? -- $tThe need to improve the reliability of quality and grading -- $g4.$tEnhancing sales revenues -- $tThe challenges of managing cotton price risk -- $tTools for selling cotton and the capacity to use them proactively -- $tDesigning and implementing a sales strategy -- $tWhat can governments do to enhance sales revenues? -- $g5.$tPromoting competitiveness through sector reforms -- $tRe-structuring markets -- $tWhat types of investors are needed? -- $tArticulating the main steps of the de-regulation process before transferring public property to private investors -- $gApp. A.$tImplications of cotton policies -- $gApp. B.$tCotton and the sixth WTO ministerial in Hong Kong.
520 1 $a"Based on empirical studies, this paper identifies key reforms and defines strategies to enhance the competitiveness of the cotton sector in West and Central Africa. Lessons learned from the 1990s suggest that transferring public property to private enterprise is not enough, by itself, to put the sector back on a sustainable path."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aCotton trade$zAfrica, West.
650 0 $aCotton trade$zAfrica, Central.
700 1 $aCheikhrouhou, Hela,$d1972-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2006060156
700 1 $aRaballand, Gaël.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2005010926
830 0 $aWorld Bank working paper ;$vno. 108.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2002117443
852 00 $boff,bus$hHD9087.A2$iB34 2007