Governing Cotton [electronic resource] : Globalization and Poverty in Africa /
Sneyd, A.author.
This book traces the historic relationships between cotton production, the international cotton trade and poverty south of the Sahara, and assesses various approaches to corporate social responsibility and nongovernmental policy advocacy in this area.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Cotton-Picking Problems Beyond the WTO; 2 Historic Relationships Between Cotton and Poverty; 3 Global Trade Governance and Cotton Dependence: Beyond Poverty Maintenance; 4 Breaking the Historic Relationships in Tanzania; 5 NGOs, Conventional Production and Poverty; 6 CSR and the Cotton-Poverty Relationship; 7 Conclusions: Global Interventions and Poverty Eradication; Appendix A: Sources for Cotton Statistics; Appendix B: Stabilization, Adjustment and Rural Livelihoods; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book traces the historic relationships between cotton production, the international cotton trade and poverty south of the Sahara, and assesses various approaches to corporate social responsibility and nongovernmental policy advocacy in this area.
International relations.
Asia—Politics and government.
Economic policy.
Africa—Politics and government.
Political economy.
Economic development.
International Relations.
Asian Politics.
Development Policy.
African Politics.
International Political Economy.
Development Studies.