WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/CFMC/61 
16 April 2008 
 
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DIRECTOR-GENERAL'S CONSULTATIVE FRAMEWORK 
MECHANISM ON COTTON 
 
Evolving Table
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
    
 
    
                                                     
 
1 This first version of the Evolving Table on Cotton Development Assistance was distributed on 
21 November 2005 in document WT/GC/97 (pages 15-22). This document has been prepa red under the Secretariat's own 
responsibility and without prejudice to the positions of Members and to their rights and obligations under the WTO  
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COTTON DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE MANDATE 2004 
Development 
Community Programmes Projects/Activities Beneficiaries 
  Non-Cotton 
Specific Value Cotton 
Specific Value Non-Cotton 
Specific Value Cotton Specific Value   
BILATERAL 
DONOR                   
EU All ACP C/Building 
EU Commodity Action Plan € 45.000.000 EU/Africa 
Cotton Partnership    
        C4 + All African 
producers 
              National cotton sector 
strategy € 15.000.000 Mali 
              National cotton sector 
strategy € 10.000.000 Burkina Faso 
              National strategy 
reform and EDF € 10.000.000 Benin 
              Debt rescheduling € 5.400.000 Côte d'Ivoire 
  "Programme 
d'Appui Régional de 
l'Intégration" 
(PARI) € 3.000.000     
   Rapid machine 
testing technologies 
installation.  Cotton 
label promotion.   West Africa + 
SOFITEX in 
B/Faso 
  Stabex Balances 
Use           Road rehabilitation € 9.045.000 Burkina Faso 
              Rehabilitation of rural 
roads € 18.500.000 Benin 
    
          C/building, research, 
mechanisation € 25.000.000 Côte d'Ivoire 
              Cotton quality, 
diversification € 4.000.000 Senegal 
              Road improvement, 
warehouse support € 7.000.000 Togo 
  Multi Annual Food 
Security Programme 
(Food Security 
Budget Line) € 5.000.000         National Cotton 
Institute funding for 
extension TA projects 
executed by cotton 
concessionary 
companies   Mozambique 
  Multi Annual Food 
Security Programme 
(Food Security 
Budget Line) € 1.550.000         National Institute of 
Cotton capacity-
building, 
rehabilitation of 
testing laboratories, 
equipment and 
vehicle supply   Mozambique 
 
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Development 
Community Programmes Projects/Activities Beneficiaries 
  Non-Cotton 
Specific Value Cotton 
Specific Value Non-Cotton 
Specific Value Cotton Specific Value   
  Stabex Balances 
Use € 4.300.000        National Institute of 
Agriculture Research 
Support 
(identification, 
adaptation and 
multiplication of 
cotton varieties)  Mozambique 
US Millennium 
Challenge 
Corporation Acct. 
opportunity (non-
cotton specific 
proposals for 
funding support 
requested by Benin, 
Burkina Faso, Mali and Senegal)               Benin, Burkina 
Faso, Mali and 
Senegal 
          Ministerial 
Conferences 
(2004&2005) on 
Science and 
Technology and 
Biosafety 
Training US$ 520.000     African countries 
  
   West African 
Cotton 
Improvement 
Programme US$ 
7.000.000         C4 + Senegal 
  
           Cotton classing, soil 
management and 
entomologist 
programmes US$ 108.000 C4 + Senegal 
  Initiative to End 
Hunger in Africa 
(IEHA), includes 
support to CAADP US$ 200.000.000         Ag productivity and 
diversification, 
cotton, TBD   African countries 
  African Global 
Competitiveness 
Initiative US$ 200.000.000             African countries  
 
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Development 
Community Programmes Projects/Activities Beneficiaries 
  Non-Cotton 
Specific Value Cotton 
Specific Value Non-Cotton 
Specific Value Cotton Specific Value   
  ECOWAS - support 
to West Africa US$ 20.000.000         Ag Productivity, 
Markets, Trade 
Expansion   ECOWAS 
  USTDA 
Agribusiness and 
Rail Integration 
work in West Africa US$ 950.000         Cotton and Ag 
relevant   West Africa 
JAPAN TICAD. 
WTO-related Asst. 
for Africa Region 
(Japan announced 
significant 
opportunities for 
any cotton projects 
submitted)              African countries 
              Mali-Senegal road 
corridor.  Assist. to Benin and Chad undeclared Mali, Senegal, 
Benin, Chad 
MULTILATERAL 
AGENCY                   
World Bank Global Index 
Insurance Facility 
(GIIF) (part funded 
by EU) € 25.000.000 
            ACP countries 
  W/Bank + GEF 
Regional Bio-safety 
Progr.:  GM Crop 
Evaluation/Testing 
Framework (US + 
French AFD  supp.)               C4 + Senegal 
      Cotton Reform 
Support US$ 
18.000.000         Benin 
      Cotton Reform 
Support US$ 
35.000.000         Burkina Faso 
      Cotton Reform 
Support US$ 
15.000.000         Chad 
      Cotton Reform 
Support US$ 
46.400.000         Mali 
IMF     Exogenous 
Shocks Facility  (25% of 
Member's 
quota)         C4 + Senegal 
 
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Development 
Community Programmes Projects/Activities Beneficiaries 
  Non-Cotton 
Specific Value Cotton 
Specific Value Non-Cotton 
Specific Value Cotton Specific Value   
  Multilateral Debt 
Relief Initiative 
(MDRI) Estimated at 1.2% 
GDP;  8.8% 
exports (in NPV 
terms)             Benin 
  Multilateral Debt 
Relief Initiative 
(MDRI) Estimated at 1.6% 
GDP;  17% 
exports (in NPV 
terms)             Burkina Faso 
  Multilateral Debt 
Relief Initiative 
(MDRI) 2% GDP;  7.9% 
exports (in NPV 
terms)             Mali 
  Multilateral Debt 
Relief Initiative 
(MDRI) Not yet reached 
HIPC completion 
point             Chad - incomplete 
HIPC 
  PRGF arrangement US$ 13.248.000             Mali 
  PRGF arrangement US$ 35.784.000             Chad 
  PRGF arrangement US$ 34.193.600           Burkina Faso 
FAO                   
UNIDO 
    Cotton Sector 
Development/ 
Chain Integration € 20.000.000         C4 + Cameroon, 
Côte d'Ivoire, 
Nigeria, Senegal 
and Togo 
UNCTAD Commodity sector 
development                 
  Diversification                 
  Risk management 
(W/Bank 
partnership)                 
  Commodity 
exchanges                 
ITC EU Commodity 
Action Plan                  
  
    EU-Africa 
Cotton 
Partnership - ITC 
implem. for 
cotton sector 
strategy dev. and 
new markets US$ 
1.000.000         African countries 
  
            Cotton Exporters' 
Guide US$ 352.000 Cotton exporters 
 
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Development 
Community Programmes Projects/Activities Beneficiaries 
  Non-Cotton 
Specific Value Cotton 
Specific Value Non-Cotton 
Specific Value Cotton Specific Value   
              South-South Trade 
Promotion for 
African cotton US$ 220.000 Cotton exporters 
            Marketing 
improvement US$ 9.300.000 Uganda and 
Tanzania 
            Price-risk 
management US$ 2.200.000 Uganda, Tanzania 
and Zimbabwe 
ICAC (in partnership w/CFC and funded 
from EU-African 
Cotton Partnership 
resources)             Instrument testing € 2.500.000 Mali and Tanzania 
              Cotton contamination € 1.500.000 West Africa 
              Seed qua lity   € 1.500.000 African countries 
              Production 
technology € 1.000.000 African countries 
              Use of cotton by-
produce € 2.000.000 African countries 
              Research capabilities €1.500.000 African countries 
              AfriCot in Europe € 4.000.000 African countries 
Common Fund for 
Commodities (in 
partnership w/ICAC)             Various projects in 
ICAC partnership     Cotton exporters 
REGIONAL 
AGENCY                   
ADB (+ FAO + 
WAEMU in 
partnership)     Multinational 
Competitiveness 
Programme US$ 
73.000.000         Benin, Burkina 
Faso, Côte 
d'Ivoire, Mali 
MULTILATERAL 
INSTRUMENTS                   
PRSPs                 C4/cotton 
reflected as PRSPs 
priorities 
Integrated 
Framework DTIS preparation, 
including cotton 
sector analysis US$ 300.000 
US$ 1.000.000             Benin 
  DTIS preparation, 
including cotton 
sector analysis US$ 300.000 
US$ 1.000.000             Burkina Faso 
  DTIS preparation, 
including cotton 
sector analysis US$ 300.000 
US$ 1.000.000             Chad 
  DTIS preparation, 
including cotton 
sector analysis US$ 300.000             Mali 
 
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Development 
Community Programmes Projects/Activities Beneficiaries 
  Non-Cotton 
Specific Value Cotton 
Specific Value Non-Cotton 
Specific Value Cotton Specific Value   
JITAP             Cotton sector export 
strategy US$ 100.000 Malawi 
          Regional Ag. 
Workshop + 
cotton US$ 120.000     Senegal 
  
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Grand total of cotton development assistance for 14 African 
beneficiaries + others US$ 975.643.058 
  
  
  
Grand total of cotton development assistance focussing on, but not 
limited to, C4 countries  US$ 437.396.683 
  
    
Cotton development assistance: Benin: US$   52.602.250       
  Burkina Faso: US$   92.747.683         Chad: US$   52.084.000       
  Mali: US$   77.475.000     
  
EXPLANATORY NOTES  
• Cotton development assistance is defined as both "Non-Cotton specific" and "Cotton-specific" programmes and projects.  The no n-cotton specific programmes are those 
specifically announced by development assist ance providers as being linked to the cott on sector either thro ugh assistance provi ded to the agriculture sector, or through related 
infrastructure, or because the assistance provi der has clearly indicated that they expect such programmes or projects to be app lied to the cotton sector.  Examples include 
construction of feeder roads, railways, and sup port for the gamut of agricultural productivity. 
• Values entered include those announced proposed and approved.  Values entered have been checked  and verified with the assista nce providers. 
• The G8 has granted debt relief that will apply to Benin, Burk ina Faso, Mali, Uganda + others.  The considerable development g ains have been estimated in this table by the IMF, 
but the monetary equivalents that will accrue  to individual countries are still being calculated and are, therefore, not yet ad ded to total and individual country cotton development 
assistance gains.  Assistance providers have stated that resources  released from debt relief will be available for individual c ountries to be deployed acco rding to their identified 
areas of domestic priorities, such as cotton. 
• Notes on EU Contribution : 
- The sum of €15 million earmarked for the EU-Africa Cotton Partnership is drawn from (and therefore part of) the €45 million A LL-ACP Capacity Building Programme. 
- The EU is considering a contribution of EUR 25 million to th e Global Insurance Index Facility (GIIF). The World Bank will be helping organize it and providing technical 
support after it becomes operational. The amount of a potential IFC contribution is yet to be determined. 
 
  
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