This paper examined welfare and poverty impacts of trade liberalization in Bangladesh. By using a computable general … effective average duty rates, thereby reducing the mean rates and variance. The patterns of welfare losses are progressive for … regressive pattern is observed amont the urban households but it is ambiguous for the rural households. Rural poverty declined …

We examine the impacts of WTO agreements and domestic trade policy reforms on production, welfare and poverty in … negative implications for the overall macro economy, household welfare and poverty in Bangladesh. Terms of trade deteriorate … unskilled wage rates make the poorest household the biggest winners in terms of welfare and poverty reduction; (4) Domestic …