International trade negotiations and poverty reduction
Subtitle: the white paper on cotton
By: preface by Amadou Toumani Toure ; edited by Eric Hazard
Series: African environment. Occasional papers -- no. 249; Occasional paper (Dakar, Senegal) -- no. 249.
Publisher: Enda Editions
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Dakar
Language: eng
Number of pages: 154
Subjects: Cotton trade; Prices; Government policy; Law and legislation; Economic conditions; Agricultural subsidies; Cotton farmers; World Trade Organization
Other titles: White paper on cotton
Notes: "Enda Tiers Monde, Prospectives Dialogues Politiques"--P. [1] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Preface / Amadou Toumani Toure; title: Introduction / Eric Hazard; title: The cotton farmers' road to Hong Kong: initiatives by producer organisations and an assessment of the debate / Interview with François Traore; title: Consequences and challenges of the July Framework agreement for the cotton case / Samuel Amehou; title: The WTO ruling on the Brazil-US cotton dispute: implications for African countries and agriculture negotiations / Romain Benicchio; title: The African cotton set in Cancùn: a look back at the beginning of negotiations / Denis Pesche and Kako Nubukpo; title: Sectoral initiative on cotton: a balancing act of alliances in Africa and at the WTO / El Hadji Diouf and Eric Hazard; title: King Cotton: abdicate or subjugate? The political economy of US cotton and prospects for a pro-development policy reform / Gawain Kripke; title: Cut subsidies, beware diversionary tactics and don't miss the Hong Kong window of opportunity / Louis Goreux; title: Between a rock and a hard place: the case for support to Africa's cotton sectors / Sally Baden; title: Reform of the fixing mechanism for the purchase price for Malian cotton farmers and its implications in the context of falling world prices / Kako Nubukpo and Manda Sadio Keita; title: A proposal for the implementation of a mechanism for mitigating volatility in cotton prices / Nicolas Gergely.