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The impact on Russia of WTO accession and the DOHA agenda : the importance of liberalization of barriers against foreign direct investment in services for growth and poverty reduct...

Rutherford, Thomas Fox - 2005

households gaining. They find that global free trade would result in a weighted average gain to households in Russia of 0 … of 0.2 percent of consumption). Russia, as a net food importer, loses from subsidy elimination, and the gains to Russia … from tariff cuts in other countries are too small to offset these losses. The results strongly support the view that Russia …

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An analysis of South Africa's value added tax

Go, Delfin S. - 2005

"In this paper, the authors describe South Africa's value added tax (VAT), showing that (1) the VAT is mildly regressive, and (2) it is an effective source of government revenue, compared with other tax instruments in South Africa. They evaluate the VAT in the context of other distortions in the...

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A flexible modeling framework to estimate interregional trade patterns and input-output accounts

Wang, Zhi - 2004

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Alternative development strategies of Korea (1976-1990) in an input-output dynamic simulation model

Gupta, Syamaprasad P. - 1977

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Macro-micro feedback links of water management in South Africa : CGE analyses of selected policy regimes

Hassan, Rashid M. (contributor) - 2008

"The pressure on an already stressed water situation in South Africa is predicted to increase significantly under climate change, plans for large industrial expansion, observed rapid urbanization, and government programs to provide access to water to millions of previously excluded people. The...

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Impact of rising rice prices and policy responses in Mali : simulations with a dynamic CGE model

Nouve, Kofi - 2008

"The increase in the international price of rice is likely to have substantial negative impacts on the poor in 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...

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Is the developing world catching up? : global convergence and national rising dispersion

Bussolo, Maurizio - 2008

"The present study uses the GIDD, a CGE-microsimulation model for Global Income Distribution Dynamics, to understand the ex-ante dynamics of global income distribution. Three main robust results emerge. First, under a set of realistic assumptions, there will be a reduction in global income...

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The world trade organization's Doha cotton initiative : a tale of two issues

Anderson, Kym - 2006

"Four West African nations have demanded that the World Trade Organization's Doha Development Agenda include a Cotton Initiative that involves two issues: cutting cotton subsidies and tariffs, and assisting farm productivity growth in Africa. The authors provide estimates of the potential...

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Recent and prospective adoption of genetically modified cotton : a global computable general equilibrium analysis of economic impacts

Anderson, Kym - 2006

"The authors provide estimates of the economic impact of initial adoption of genetically modified (GM) cotton and of its potential impacts beyond the few countries where it is currently common. They use the latest version of the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) database and model. The...

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Doha scenarios, trade reforms, and poverty in the Philippines : a computable general equilibrium analysis

Cororaton, Caesar Bucia - 2005

"Since the early 1980s the Philippines has undertaken substantial trade reform. The current Doha Round of World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations is now likely to bring further reform and shocks to world import prices and export demand. The impact of all these developments on the poor is not...

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