Benin – Regulation of a Dominant Sector: A Case Study of Cotton
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This publication is part of the Benin Institutional Diagnostic.
Contents:
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Analytical framework
- 2.1 Organisation of the cotton sector
- 2.2 External factors
- 2.3 Domestic factors
- 3 Historical background of cotton in Benin: 1641-1960
- 3.1 Pre-colonial period to 1949: private mode of organisation
- 3.2 1949–1960: private mode of organisation but regulated by the French government
- 4 Understanding the performance of the cotton sector in Benin: 1961–2016
- 4.1 1961–1970: a private mode of organisation but regulated by the newly independent state
- 4.2 1971–1981: a public mode of organisation regulated by the Marxist-Leninist government
- 4.3 1981–1991: public mode of organisation; government agencies were restructured and reorganised
- 4.4 1992–1999: public mode of organisation under liberalisation of inputs and ginnery functions
- 4.5 2000–2007: private mode of organisation by AIC
- 4.6 2008–2012: private mode of organisation and privatisation of SONAPRA
- 4.7 2012–2016: public mode of organisation is back
- 4.8 2016–present: private mode of organisation remains back
- 5 Concluding remarks
- 5.1 Institutional changes and institutional weaknesses: causes and consequences
- 5.2 Long-term development issues
- Discussion of ‘Regulation of a dominant sector: A case study of cotton’
Editors:
- Barthélémy Honfoga, Université d’Abomey-Calvi
- Romain Houssa, University of Namur
- Houinsou Dedehounaou, Université d’Abomey-Calvi
With discussion by:
- Véronique Thériault, Michigan University
