Sub-saharan african cotton policies in retrospect

Development Policy Review

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 617-642

  Delpeuch, Claire ^a   Leblois, Antoine ^b  

^a OECD   (France)

^b SCIENCES PO   (France)

Author keywords

Cotton sectors; Market Organisation Indices; Structural adjustment; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; CASH CROPPING; COTTON; REFORM PROCESS;

EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 84881355620     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: 14677679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dpr.12028     Document Type: Article

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