FAO COMMODITY AND TRADE POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
No. 8

The Impact of Domestic and Trade Policies on The World Cotton Market

Daneswar Poonyth, Alexander Sarris, Ramesh Sharma and Shangnan Shui
Commodities and Trade Division

April 2004

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NOTES AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Daneswar Poonyth, Alexander Sarris, Ramesh Sharma and Shangnan Shui are respectively Economist, Director, Senior Economist and Commodity Specialist, all with the Commodities and Trade Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

They would like to thank Hansdeep Khaira for able research assistance.

The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and should not be attributed to FAO.