countries such as Mali which are net importers of rice. This paper relies on a dynamic CGE model to estimate the likely impact … of the recent increase in rice prices on poverty with and without policy responses. Two sets of policy responses are …

detailed economywide computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to run a series of policy experiments. They find that poverty … mechanism the government adopts to offset forgone tariff revenue. If an indirect tax is used, the incidence of poverty falls … marginally, but the depth (poverty gap) and severity (squared poverty gap) increase substantially. If, instead, an income tax is …