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hypotheses about sector performance, <strong>and</strong> presents a conceptual frameworkfor analyz<strong>in</strong>g sector organization <strong>and</strong> l<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g it to outcomes.Sections III <strong>and</strong> IV provide a detailed comparative description <strong>and</strong> performanceassessment <strong>of</strong> n<strong>in</strong>e systems around a set <strong>of</strong> key themes. Section IIIfocuses on processes, functions, <strong>and</strong> services that are most directly under thecontrol <strong>of</strong> cotton companies:■■■■■pric<strong>in</strong>g systems <strong>and</strong> prices paid to farmers,<strong>in</strong>stitutional arrangements for <strong>in</strong>put credit <strong>and</strong> extension,quality control <strong>and</strong> l<strong>in</strong>t market<strong>in</strong>g strategies,valorization <strong>of</strong> cotton seed by-products, <strong>and</strong><strong>in</strong>stitutional arrangements for research.Section IV assesses overall performance <strong>of</strong> the different sectors <strong>of</strong> the studysample on the basis <strong>of</strong> outcome <strong>in</strong>dicators that have a bear<strong>in</strong>g on the sector’s contributionto national growth <strong>and</strong> poverty reduction objectives. These <strong>in</strong>dicators<strong>in</strong>clude yield performance <strong>and</strong> returns to farmers, competitiveness at g<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>glevel, value addition, <strong>and</strong> macro-level impacts.Section V closes by summariz<strong>in</strong>g performance across countries <strong>and</strong> sectortypes <strong>and</strong> suggest<strong>in</strong>g key issues to be taken <strong>in</strong>to account <strong>in</strong> policy discussionsregard<strong>in</strong>g cont<strong>in</strong>ued efforts to strengthen cotton sectors <strong>in</strong> the cont<strong>in</strong>ent.INTRODUCTION 9

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