Abstract

T his country study is a background paper prepared for the comparative analysis of organization and performance of cotton sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa, a study carried out by the World Bank, with the objective of analyzing the links between sector structure and observed performance outcomes and thus draw lessons from reform experience that can provide useful guidance to policy-makers, other local stakeholders, and interested donors agencies. It describes and reviews the cotton sector situation in Zambia. Since liberalization in 1994, Zambia has illustrated the strengths and weaknesses of a concentrated