Concern is growing regarding the poverty impacts of trade liberalization. The strong general equilibrium effects of … to detailed poverty analysis. We bridge this gap by constructing a CGE model that explicitly models all households from a … models. Urban poverty falls and rural poverty increases as initial tariffs were highest for agriculture. Impacts increase …

This paper estimates the potential effects of a free trade agreement (FTA) between China and Mercosur on poverty … likely effects of an FTA with China on poverty and income distribution. We find that the FTA would result in a small … reduction in poverty as well as an improvement in the income distribution. Highly disaggregated data at the industry level is …

PERHAPS, POVERTY AND PLENTY IS THE WORLD'S GREATEST CHALLENGE. THIS STUDY THEREFORE PROPOSE AN APPLIED …(COMPUTABLE)GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM APPROACH, THAT IS A RENEW ATTENTION TO THE PROBLEM OF POVERTY , EMPLOYMENT AND INEQUALITY THAT EARLIER STRATEGIES … CALIBRATION OF A POVERTY-BASED MODEL WITHIN DATA FRAMEWORK OF SOCIAL ACCOUNTING MATRIX(SAM). THE RESEARCH OUTPUT IS EXPECTED TO BE …

-level per capita income and poverty rates. I define the quality of the judiciary in terms of: (i) its speed in deciding trials …, such as agricultural production, private sector development, capital formation, poverty rates, public security and … the agricultural and private services sector, the poverty rate, the transportation infrastructure density, the rental …

It has been noted that failure to meet the target set by government for reducing the head count ratio of child poverty … argument that absolute poverty is not a meaningful idea, this apology for the failure of government to meet poverty targets …

This paper investigates how estimates of the extent and trend of income poverty in China between 1990 and 2001 vary as … a result of alternative plausible assumptions concerning key parameters that influence the poverty line and estimated … within a reasonable range, a remarkable reduction in consumption poverty occurred in China during the 1990s. However …

households) in the sample villages is below poverty line (at Rs. 400 per capita per month). On the other hand, no more than 39 ….5 percent of the people (and 37.36 percent households) is likely to stand under the poverty line (at Rs. 425 per capita per ….31. The prime reasons of poverty are excessive dependence on primary sector, disguised unemployment, poor development of …

people from Bangladesh. The economy is subsistence driven and productive resources are underutilized. Marginal productivity … of labour is near- zero and productivity of land provides only subsistence. Poverty keeps consumption and savings low …