The World Trade Organization's Doha Cotton Initiative : A Tale of Two Issues
Four West African nations have demanded that the World Trade Organization's Doha Development Agenda include a Cotton Initiative that involves two issues: cutting cotton subsidies and tariffs, and assisting farm productivity growth in Africa. The authors provide estimates of the potential econom...
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okr-10986-86662021-04-23T14:02:40Z The World Trade Organization's Doha Cotton Initiative : A Tale of Two Issues Anderson, Kym Valenzuela, Ernesto AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES AGRICULTURE BASE YEAR BENCHMARK BILATERAL TRADE BIOTECHNOLOGY CAPITA INCOMES CGIAR CLOTHING COMMODITY COMPETITIVENESS CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE COTTON COTTON INDUSTRY COTTON PRODUCTION COTTON SECTOR COTTON SEEDS COUNTERVAILING MEASURES CROP CROP INSURANCE DISPUTE SETTLEMENT ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC STRUCTURES EXPORT EXPORT SUBSIDIES EXPORT SUBSIDY EXPORTS FAO FARM FARM INCOME FARM PRODUCTIVITY FARMERS FARMING FIBRES FLAX FOOD CROPS GDP INCOME LDCS MERCHANDISE MULTILATERAL TRADE NET EXPORTS PESTICIDE POOR FARMERS PRODUCTION OF COTTON PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH RICE SEED SMALL FARMERS SPRING SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TAX TEXTILE TEXTILE INDUSTRY TEXTILES TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY URUGUAY ROUND VALUE ADDED WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO YIELDS Four West African nations have demanded that the World Trade Organization's Doha Development Agenda include a Cotton Initiative that involves two issues: cutting cotton subsidies and tariffs, and assisting farm productivity growth in Africa. The authors provide estimates of the potential economic impacts of (1) complete or partial removal of cotton subsidies and import tariffs globally, and (2) cotton productivity growth through the adoption of genetically modified (GM) cotton varieties. They use the latest version of the GTAP database and model. Their results confirm that-unlike for other agricultural subsidies and tariffs-for cotton it is subsidy reductions rather than tariff cuts that would make by far the largest impact. For Sub-Saharan Africa the potential gains are huge relative to the effects on that region of reforming other merchandise trade policies. And they could be more than doubled if that reform provided the cash for farmers to take advantage of the biotechnology revolution and adopt GM cotton varieties. But those potential gains, and the affordability of switching to costly GM seed, depend crucially on the extent to which high-income countries are willing to lower domestic support to their cotton farmers. 2012-06-21T17:30:44Z 2012-06-21T17:30:44Z 2006-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/05/6771655/world-trade-organizations-doha-cotton-initiative-tale-two-issues http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8666 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3918 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Africa |
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AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES AGRICULTURE BASE YEAR BENCHMARK BILATERAL TRADE BIOTECHNOLOGY CAPITA INCOMES CGIAR CLOTHING COMMODITY COMPETITIVENESS CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE COTTON COTTON INDUSTRY COTTON PRODUCTION COTTON SECTOR COTTON SEEDS COUNTERVAILING MEASURES CROP CROP INSURANCE DISPUTE SETTLEMENT ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC STRUCTURES EXPORT EXPORT SUBSIDIES EXPORT SUBSIDY EXPORTS FAO FARM FARM INCOME FARM PRODUCTIVITY FARMERS FARMING FIBRES FLAX FOOD CROPS GDP INCOME LDCS MERCHANDISE MULTILATERAL TRADE NET EXPORTS PESTICIDE POOR FARMERS PRODUCTION OF COTTON PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH RICE SEED SMALL FARMERS SPRING SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TAX TEXTILE TEXTILE INDUSTRY TEXTILES TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY URUGUAY ROUND VALUE ADDED WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO YIELDS |
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AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES AGRICULTURE BASE YEAR BENCHMARK BILATERAL TRADE BIOTECHNOLOGY CAPITA INCOMES CGIAR CLOTHING COMMODITY COMPETITIVENESS CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE COTTON COTTON INDUSTRY COTTON PRODUCTION COTTON SECTOR COTTON SEEDS COUNTERVAILING MEASURES CROP CROP INSURANCE DISPUTE SETTLEMENT ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC STRUCTURES EXPORT EXPORT SUBSIDIES EXPORT SUBSIDY EXPORTS FAO FARM FARM INCOME FARM PRODUCTIVITY FARMERS FARMING FIBRES FLAX FOOD CROPS GDP INCOME LDCS MERCHANDISE MULTILATERAL TRADE NET EXPORTS PESTICIDE POOR FARMERS PRODUCTION OF COTTON PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH RICE SEED SMALL FARMERS SPRING SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TAX TEXTILE TEXTILE INDUSTRY TEXTILES TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY URUGUAY ROUND VALUE ADDED WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO YIELDS Anderson, Kym Valenzuela, Ernesto The World Trade Organization's Doha Cotton Initiative : A Tale of Two Issues |
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Four West African nations have demanded that the World Trade Organization's Doha Development Agenda include a Cotton Initiative that involves two issues: cutting cotton subsidies and tariffs, and assisting farm productivity growth in Africa. The authors provide estimates of the potential economic impacts of (1) complete or partial removal of cotton subsidies and import tariffs globally, and (2) cotton productivity growth through the adoption of genetically modified (GM) cotton varieties. They use the latest version of the GTAP database and model. Their results confirm that-unlike for other agricultural subsidies and tariffs-for cotton it is subsidy reductions rather than tariff cuts that would make by far the largest impact. For Sub-Saharan Africa the potential gains are huge relative to the effects on that region of reforming other merchandise trade policies. And they could be more than doubled if that reform provided the cash for farmers to take advantage of the biotechnology revolution and adopt GM cotton varieties. But those potential gains, and the affordability of switching to costly GM seed, depend crucially on the extent to which high-income countries are willing to lower domestic support to their cotton farmers. |
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Anderson, Kym Valenzuela, Ernesto |
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The World Trade Organization's Doha Cotton Initiative : A Tale of Two Issues |
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The World Trade Organization's Doha Cotton Initiative : A Tale of Two Issues |
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The World Trade Organization's Doha Cotton Initiative : A Tale of Two Issues |
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The World Trade Organization's Doha Cotton Initiative : A Tale of Two Issues |
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The World Trade Organization's Doha Cotton Initiative : A Tale of Two Issues |
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world trade organization's doha cotton initiative : a tale of two issues |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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