The Elusive Quest for Supply Response to Cash-Crop Market Reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Cotton

World Development

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 521-537

  Delpeuch, Claire ^a   Leblois, Antoine ^b  

^a SCIENCES PO   (France)

^b Centre International de Recherche sur lEnvironnement et le Developpement   (France)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Climate; Cotton; Structural adjustment; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE; CASH CROPPING; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); COTTON; ECONOMIC REFORM; LIBERALIZATION; MARKET SYSTEM; PRODUCTIVITY; STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 84904762605     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.06.007     Document Type: Article

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