The WTO Doha Round, Cotton Sector Dynamics and Poverty Trends in Zambia

The Zambian cotton sector went through significant reforms during the 1990s. After a long period of parastatal control, a process of liberalization in cotton production and marketing began in 1994. These reforms were expected to benefit agricultural farmers. In Zambia, these are rural, often vulnerable, smallholders. The authors investigate the connection between the dynamics of the cotton sector and the dynamics of poverty and evaluate to what extent cotton can work as a vehicle for poverty alleviation. They find that cotton can indeed act as an effective mechanism for increased household welfare. They also find income gains associated with cotton production, as well as positive impacts on the long-run nutritional status of Zambian children. The impacts, however, are relatively small.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Balat, Jorge F., Porto, Guido G.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2005-09
Subjects:	ACCESS TO CREDIT, AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES, AGRICULTURAL MARKETING, AGRICULTURAL MARKETS, AGRICULTURAL PRICES, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, CASH CROPS, CASSAVA, COMMODITIES, COMMODITY, COTTON, COTTON GROWING, COTTON PRICES, COTTON PRODUCTION, COTTON SALES, COTTON SECTOR, COTTON SEEDS, CROP, CROP DIVERSIFICATION, CROPPING, DEBT, DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH, ECONOMETRIC MODELS, ECONOMIC POLICIES, ECONOMIES OF SCALE, ELASTICITY, EQUILIBRIUM, EXCESS DEMAND, EXCHANGE RATE, EXPLOITATION, EXPORTS, FARM, FARM PRODUCTIVITY, FARMER, FARMERS, FARMING, FERTILIZER, FERTILIZERS, FOOD CROPS, FOOD SECURITY, FREE TRADE, GDP, GINNERIES, GRAIN, GROUNDNUTS, INCOME, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, INSURANCE, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, IRRIGATION, LABOR MARKETS, LIVESTOCK, LIVING CONDITIONS, MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION, MAIZE, MAIZE GRAIN, MALNUTRITION, MINES, NASH, NATURAL RESOURCES, PER CAPITA INCOME, PESTICIDE, PESTICIDES, POOR FARMERS, POOR HOUSEHOLDS, POOREST HOUSEHOLDS, POSITIVE EFFECTS, POULTRY, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, POVERTY LINE, POVERTY RATES, PRICE CHANGES, PRICE CONTROLS, PRICE INCREASES, PRODUCE, PRODUCERS, PRODUCTION OF COTTON, PUBLIC AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, QUOTAS, RURAL POVERTY, SEED, SEED COTTON, SMALLHOLDERS, SOIL CHARACTERISTICS, STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT, SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE, SUNFLOWERS, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TOBACCO, TRADE BARRIERS, TRADE LIBERALIZATION, TRADE REFORMS, TRANSACTION COSTS, VEGETABLES, WAGES, WELFARE EFFECTS, WELFARE GAINS, WTO,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/09/6252189/wto-doha-round-cotton-sector-dynamics-poverty-trends-zambia-wto-doha-round-cotton-sector-dynamics-poverty-trends-zambia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8598
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