Improvement in the performance of agricultural markets was the ultimate goal of market liberalisation. In this paper, firm (trader) size distribution as a factor influencing market performance is analyzed using maize and fertilizer traders from Kenya. Firm size distribution was assessed by...

There is no consensus about how globalization –trade and foreign investments – affects poverty reduction. Using household survey data, this study contributes to the empirical literature on globalization and poverty by analyzing the household-level implications of increased foreign...

Global general equilibrium simulations of “regional” (within Sub-Saharan Africa –SSA-) and “multilateral” (Doha and preferential) trade integration are compared to assess policy reform priorities. Their coherence with the objective of agriculture-led industrialization is tested. New...

This paper is part of the first author´s dissertation (Master degree).

This paper studies how the internal structure of agriculture export markets and the level of competition affect poverty and welfare in rural areas in Africa. We develop a game-theory model of supply chains in cash crop agriculture between many atomistic smallholders and a few exporters. The...

Impacts of agricultural and nonagricultural trade liberalization on agriculture are assessed in a multicommodity. multicountiy framework. By modelling simultaneously all goods sectors of the economy, the importance of (l) relative price changes between sectors and (2) income and exchange rate...

This paper presents the main results of a study that proposes a methodology for studying whether or not a heterogeneous agricultural sector, such as that of Mexico, faces unfavourable terms of trade. These results are used to interpret the origins of the basic food production problems...

The pwpose of this study is to assess quantitatively the impact of a tariff cut on agricultural pexformance and intersect.oral and in1erregional disparities in Brazil. A general equilibriwn model was built, nonlinear and dynamic, in which the price mechanism plays an important role. The model is...

The impact of the EC enlargement on US agricultural exports to the EC is analyzed using a model differentiating products by origin. Simulation of the enlargement, based on average 1983.85 trade flows, indicates that the integration of Spanish and Portuguese agriculture into the EC variable...

Global trade tensions have risen due to bilateral trade imbalances, principally in manufactures. For example, recent US policy debate has emphasized methods to reduce US bilateral trade deficits with Japan and the EC. Changes in the level of bilateral protection of trade in manufactures can...