The World Trade Organization's Doha Cotton Initiative : A Tale of Two Issues

Four West African nations have demanded that the World Trade Organization's Doha Development Agenda include a Cotton Initiative that involves two issues: cutting cotton subsidies and tariffs, and assisting farm productivity growth in Africa. The authors provide estimates of the potential econom...

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Main Authors:	Anderson, Kym, Valenzuela, Ernesto
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES AGRICULTURE BASE YEAR BENCHMARK BILATERAL TRADE BIOTECHNOLOGY CAPITA INCOMES CGIAR CLOTHING COMMODITY COMPETITIVENESS CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE COTTON COTTON INDUSTRY COTTON PRODUCTION COTTON SECTOR COTTON SEEDS COUNTERVAILING MEASURES CROP CROP INSURANCE DISPUTE SETTLEMENT ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC STRUCTURES EXPORT EXPORT SUBSIDIES EXPORT SUBSIDY EXPORTS FAO FARM FARM INCOME FARM PRODUCTIVITY FARMERS FARMING FIBRES FLAX FOOD CROPS GDP INCOME LDCS MERCHANDISE MULTILATERAL TRADE NET EXPORTS PESTICIDE POOR FARMERS PRODUCTION OF COTTON PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH RICE SEED SMALL FARMERS SPRING SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TAX TEXTILE TEXTILE INDUSTRY TEXTILES TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY URUGUAY ROUND VALUE ADDED WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO YIELDS
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8666

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