Is oligopoly a condition of successful privatization? The case of cotton in Zimbabwe

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 185-205

  Larsen, Marianne Nylandsted ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cotton; Economic liberalization; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY MARKET; COTTON; LIBERALIZATION; MARKETING; OLIGOPOLY; PRIVATIZATION;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 0000362329     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0366.00030     Document Type: Article

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