Commodity market reforms : lessons of two decades / / edited by Takamasa Akiyama ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910968658003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2001
• ISBN: 1-280-08438-3; 9786610084388; 0-585-45822-7
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: xii, 289 pages : illustrations ; ; 24 cm
• Collana: World Bank regional and sectoral studies
• Altri autori (Persone): AkiyamaT <1944-> (Takamasa)
• Disciplina: 380.1/41/096
• Soggetti: Produce trade - Government ownership - Africa; Produce trade - Government ownership - Developing countries; Privatization - Africa; Privatization - Developing countries; Primary commodities - Government policy - Africa; Primary commodities - Government policy - Developing countries; Africa Economic policy; Developing countries Economic policy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Contributors and Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Market Reforms: Lessons from Country and Commodity Experiences -- 2. Cocoa Market Reforms in West Africa -- 3. Coffee Market Liberalization since 1990 -- 4. Sugar Policy and Reform -- 5. Policy Reform Experience in Cotton Markets -- 6. Cereal Market Liberalization in Africa -- Data Appendix -- Index -- Figures -- 2.1 Market Shares of Cocoa-Producing Countries During 1997/98 -- 2.2 Constant and Current Cocoa Prices, 1950-98 -- 2.3 Marketing Costs and Taxes as a Percentage of the Selling Price, 1989 -- 2.4 Marketing Costs and Taxes as a Percentage of the Export Price, 1995 -- 2.5 Farmgate Prices as a Percentage of f.o.b. Prices in Early 1994-95 -- 2.6 Cocoa Producer Prices in West Africa, 1983-84 to 1997-98 -- 2.7 Producer Prices in West Africa as a Percentage of the World Price, ; 1983-84 to 1997-98 -- 2.8 Cocoa Producer Prices in Cameroon, 1993/94-1994/95 -- 2.9 Nominal and Real Producer Prices in Côte d'Ivoire, 1975/76-1997/98 -- 2.10 Distribution of Share in the ICCO Daily Price, 1983/84-1997/98 -- 2.11 Nominal and Real Cocoa Producer Prices in Nigeria, 1975/76-1997/98 -- 3.1 World Coffee Prices -- 3.2 India's Preliberalization Marketing Chain -- 3.3 India's Marketing System after Liberalization -- 3.4 Grower Price in India as a Percentage of Export Unit Value -- 3.5 India's Production and Exports -- 3.6 Uganda's Marketing System before Liberalization -- 3.7 Uganda's Marketing System after Liberalization -- 3.8 Development of Producer Prices in Uganda -- 3.9 Togo's Marketing System before Liberalization -- 3.10 Togo's Marketing System after Liberalization -- 3.11 Development of Producer Prices in Togo -- 3.12 Togo's Production and Exports -- 4.1 Average Share of World Sugar Production for Selected Countries, 1994-98.; 4.2 Net Trade in Sugar for Brazil, China, and India, 1976-96 -- 4.3 Sugar Quotas for Preferential Imports from African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group Countries -- 4.4 Sugar's Average Share of Total Merchandise Exports, Selected Countries, 1994-96 -- 4.5 Prices Paid by the Soviet Union for Cuban Sugar -- 4.6 Sugar Production Swings in Cuba, 1960-96 -- 6.1 Per Capita Cereals Production in Case Study Countries and in Africa as a Whole, 1980-98 -- Tables -- 2.1 Key Characteristics of Different Cocoa-Marketing and -Pricing Systems -- 4.1 Producer and Consumer Subsidy Equivalents for Sugar, 1982-92 -- 4.2 Results of Selected Studies on Sugar Trade Liberalization -- 4.3 Reductions in Sugar Export Subsidies Pledged during the Uruguay Round -- 4.4 Tariff Bindings for Raw Sugar Pledged under WTO Agreements -- 4.5. Tariff Bindings for Raw Sugar Pledged under WTO Agreements -- 4.6 Selected Policy Variables for the Mexican-U.S. Agreement on Sugar Trade -- 4.7 U.S. Sugar Quota Allocations, 1996-97 -- 5.5 Public Institutions Involved in Uganda's Cotton Industry -- 5.1 Cotton's Importance to Developing and Transition Economies, 1993-94 . . -- 5.2 World Cotton Production, Exports, and Yield Profiles, 1997-98 -- 5.3 Composition of the Cotlook A and B Indexes -- 5.4 Cotton Production and Area Planted in East Africa, 1990-98 -- 5.5 Public Institutions Involved in Uganda's Cotton Industry -- 5.6 Cotton Production and Area Planted in Selected West African Countries, 1990-98 -- 5.7 Grower Prices in Selected Developing Countries, 1989-90-1994-95 -- 5.8 Cotton Production, Area Planted, and Net Exports in Egypt, Mexico, Pakistan, and the United States, 1990-98 -- 6.1 Cereal Crop Production in Sub-Saharan Africa -- 6.2. Cereal Imports and Exports in Sub-Saharan Africa -- 6.3. The Cost of Shipping Maize from the United States to Lusaka, Zambia, 1995.; 6.4. Progress of Liberalization in Nine African Countries -- A6.1 Average Monthly Maize Wholesale Price in Dar es Salaam, 1993-94 to 1995-96, Highs and Lows.
• Sommario/riassunto: This text discusses the prevalent process of commodity market reform in the specific context of cocoa, coffee, cotton, grains and sugar markets, and provides lessons by selectively drawing on cross-country experience in those markets.