Cultivating Poverty
The Impact of U.S. Cotton Subsidies on Africa
Briefing Paper
Published: September 2002
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Publication Summary
American cotton subsidies are destroying livelihoods in Africa and other developing regions. By encouraging over-production and export dumping, these subsidies are driving down world prices – now at their lowest levels since the Great Depression. While America’s cotton barons get rich on government transfers, African farmers suffer the consequences.