Finding the moral fiber: Why reform is urgently needed for a fair cotton trade

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dc.contributorSomers, M.en
dc.contributorBrant, J.en
dc.contributorKinder, M.en
dc.contributorPankani, W.en
dc.contributorBenicchio, R.en
dc.contributor.authorPfeifer, K.en
dc.contributor.authorKripke, G.en
dc.contributor.authorAlpert, E.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialWest Africaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T18:08:28Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T18:08:28Zen
dc.date.issued2004en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractUS subsidies have led to depressed world cotton prices, which in turn have cost countries in Africa millions of dollars in lost export earnings. Oxfam estimates that sub-Saharan African countries lost $305 million due to US subsidies in crop year 2001. Because cotton is an important livelihood for millions of poor people, Oxfam believes action is urgently needed to reform the distortions in cotton trade that undermine the value of cotton to developing countries. The central issue is US cotton subsidies, and the reforms needed are quite clear. Oxfam calls for the implementation of the Brazil-US cotton panel ruling and a timetable for the elimination of all trade-distorting cotton subsidies by the time of the Hong Kong WTO ministerial conference in December 2005.en
dc.description.notesAvailable in SANREM office, ESen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier441en
dc.identifier.citationOxfam Briefing Paper 2004 no. 69en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/65504en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherWashington, D.C.: Oxfam Internationalen
dc.subjectRural developmenten
dc.subjectWorld marketsen
dc.subjectEconomic policyen
dc.subjectInternational tradeen
dc.subjectGovernment policyen
dc.subjectLivelihoodsen
dc.subjectPovertyen
dc.subjectEconomic impactsen
dc.subjectTrade policyen
dc.subjectCottonen
dc.subjectWest Africaen
dc.subjectUnited Statesen
dc.subjectTrade-distortionen
dc.subjectSubsidiesen
dc.subjectExport valueen
dc.subjectGovernanceen
dc.titleFinding the moral fiber: Why reform is urgently needed for a fair cotton tradeen
dc.typeTechnical reporten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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