1. Market Reforms: Lessons from Country and Commodity Experiences / Takamasa Akiyama, John Baffes and Donald Larson / [and others] -- 2. Cocoa Market Reforms in West Africa / Panos Varangis and Gotz Schreiber -- 3. Coffee Market Liberalization since 1990 / Takamasa Akiyama -- 4. Sugar Policy and Reform / Donald Larson and Brent Borrell -- 5. Policy Reform Experience in Cotton Markets / John Baffes -- 6. Cereal Market Liberalization in Africa / Jonathan Coulter and Colin Poulton
Summary
Annotation Close examination of liberalization at the commodity level shows the practical ways that changes in marketing systems can result in a shift in political power away from the government and toward the private sector in the design and implementation of commodity subsector policies. This book focuses on commodity-specific conditions that quickened or slowed the pace of reform and looks at the relationship between changing markets and institutions. It argues that the benefits of market reform and trade liberalization are only fully realized when the supporting factor markets and the institutions work
