The World Trade Organization's Doha Cotton Initiative : A Tale of Two Issues

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dc.creatorValenzuela, Ernesto
dc.creatorAnderson, Kym
dc.date2012-06-21T17:30:44Z
dc.date2012-06-21T17:30:44Z
dc.date2006-05
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:16:16Z
dc.descriptionFour 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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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/05/6771655/world-trade-organizations-doha-cotton-initiative-tale-two-issues
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/8666
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-3918
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/416596
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper; No. 3918
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectBASE YEAR
dc.subjectBENCHMARK
dc.subjectBILATERAL TRADE
dc.subjectBIOTECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectCAPITA INCOMES
dc.subjectCGIAR
dc.subjectCLOTHING
dc.subjectCOMMODITY
dc.subjectCOMPETITIVENESS
dc.subjectCONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE
dc.subjectCOTTON
dc.subjectCOTTON INDUSTRY
dc.subjectCOTTON PRODUCTION
dc.subjectCOTTON SECTOR
dc.subjectCOTTON SEEDS
dc.subjectCOUNTERVAILING MEASURES
dc.subjectCROP
dc.subjectCROP INSURANCE
dc.subjectDISPUTE SETTLEMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC INTEGRATION
dc.subjectECONOMIC STRUCTURES
dc.subjectEXPORT
dc.subjectEXPORT SUBSIDIES
dc.subjectEXPORT SUBSIDY
dc.subjectEXPORTS
dc.subjectFAO
dc.subjectFARM
dc.subjectFARM INCOME
dc.subjectFARM PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectFARMERS
dc.subjectFARMING
dc.subjectFIBRES
dc.subjectFLAX
dc.subjectFOOD CROPS
dc.subjectGDP
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectLDCS
dc.subjectMERCHANDISE
dc.subjectMULTILATERAL TRADE
dc.subjectNET EXPORTS
dc.subjectPESTICIDE
dc.subjectPOOR FARMERS
dc.subjectPRODUCTION OF COTTON
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
dc.subjectRICE
dc.subjectSEED
dc.subjectSMALL FARMERS
dc.subjectSPRING
dc.subjectSUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
dc.subjectTAX
dc.subjectTEXTILE
dc.subjectTEXTILE INDUSTRY
dc.subjectTEXTILES
dc.subjectTOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectTRADE POLICIES
dc.subjectTRADE POLICY
dc.subjectURUGUAY ROUND
dc.subjectVALUE ADDED
dc.subjectWORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
dc.subjectWTO
dc.subjectYIELDS
dc.titleThe World Trade Organization's Doha Cotton Initiative : A Tale of Two Issues

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