Capturing the margins: World market prices and cotton farmer incomes in West Africa

World Development

Volumn 59, Issue , 2014, Pages 408-421

  Bassett, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural subsidies; Burkina Faso; Cotton; C te d'Ivoire; Market structure; Price transmission

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY MARKET; COMMODITY PRICE; COTTON; INCOME; MARKET TRANSITION; PRICE DETERMINATION; SMALLHOLDER; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

BURKINA FASO; COTE D'IVOIRE;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 84896028477     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.01.032     Document Type: Article

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