Mali : Selected Issues.
The cotton sector in Mali is facing major challenges to overcome, with low export prices, technical hurdles, and a poorly performing state-owned cotton ginner. Some reforms, most notably with regard to the setting of the farmgate procurement price, have already been undertaken, but more is needed to...
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| Natura: | Periodico |
| Lingua: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2008.
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| Serie: | IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ;
No. 2008/286 |
| Accesso online: | Full text available on IMF |
| Riassunto: | The cotton sector in Mali is facing major challenges to overcome, with low export prices, technical hurdles, and a poorly performing state-owned cotton ginner. Some reforms, most notably with regard to the setting of the farmgate procurement price, have already been undertaken, but more is needed to put the sector on a sound financial footing. It is vital that the production process be modernized and the ginner profoundly reformed if cotton is to play a major role in poverty reduction in rural Mali. |
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| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (32 pages) |
| Natura: | Mode of access: Internet |
| ISSN: | 1934-7685 |
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