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The adding-up problem: Strategies for primary commodity exports in Sub-Saharan Africa.

By: Akiyama, Takamasa; Larson, Donald F.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Policy Research Working Paper No.1245. Publisher: Washington : World Bank, 1994Subject(s): Exports | Sub-Saharan Africa -- Export earnings. -- Sub-Saharan Africa -- Export earningsSummary: The publication initially observes that many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa remain dependent on a few primary commodities - coffee, cocoa, cotton, sugar, tea and tobacco - for a large share of export earnings. It then discusses the effects of this phenomenon - the adding-up problem - on policy and development strategies for major agricultural export commodities in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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The publication initially observes that many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa remain dependent on a few primary commodities - coffee, cocoa, cotton, sugar, tea and tobacco - for a large share of export earnings. It then discusses the effects of this phenomenon - the adding-up problem - on policy and development strategies for major agricultural export commodities in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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