productivity of exporting firms; (iv) exploration of how regional integration and other trade agreements could boost Caribbean …Trade is essential for Caribbean countries development and poverty reduction. Given their small market size, they are … tourism as a major spur to economic activity. Trade in the Caribbean thus makes an essential contribution to increasing …

"The authors analyze general equilibrium relationships between trade policy and the household distribution of income … household inequality. This yields predictions regarding the linkages between trade protection, country characteristics, and …

"What is the effect of trade liberalization on households in developing countries? To what extent do the poor benefit … when local markets are made more accommodative to international trade? The author empirically analyzes the distributional … impact of trade policies on households in a low-income country with a large rural economy where labor markets are imperfect …

"Using tariffs as a measure of openness, the authors find consistent evidence that the conditional effects of trade … liberalization on inequality are correlated with relative factor endowments. Trade liberalization is associated with increases in … and in countries relatively well-endowed in mining and fuels. Trade liberalization is associated with decreases in …

"The idea that developing countries face a trade-off between poverty and inequality has had considerable influence on … systematic trade-off between measures of absolute poverty and relative inequality. Indeed, falling inequality tends to come with … facilitating it. However, there is evidence of a trade-off for absolute inequality, suggesting that those who want a lower absolute …