shocks and inappropriate policies. Exogenous shock (terms-of-trade shocks, natural disasters and capital flow reversals) can … crisis are often the result of external shocks and poor management. While the worlds of agriculture are vast, varied and … offers new opportunities to hundreds of millions of rural poor to move out of poverty. Similarly, the construction industry …

This paper studies the effect of trade openness on output volatility. We find that trade openness generally increased … control for government size and some measures of external risk, such as terms of trade volatility and export concentration … output volatility, although this effect was stronger and more significant during 1950-1975 than during 1975-2000. However, if …

Many computable general equilibrium models have been set up recently, in order to assess the benefits of trade …

The volatility of exchange rates leads to a reduction of international trade volumes, especially in emerging economies … exchange rate volatility on trade using monthly time series for the last ten years from 2000 up to 2011. By means of a Vector … including the South Mediterranean countries. This study discusses the impact of exchange rates on bilateral South- North trade …

This paper examines the effects of trade on economic growth and growth volatility. Using the 1967-1975 closure of the … recession or economic slowdown. There is no evidence that trade reduces growth volatility, however. … Suez Canal as an instrument for trade, I find that trade leads to higher economic growth, and lower probability of …

The conflict between the income based and nutrition based estimates of poverty is a widely debated issue in economic … function can reconcile the conflict between the two measures of poverty. In addition, a simple general equilibrium model using … pattern of trade. …

carefully, trade and investment can help promote economic growth and alleviate poverty. The paper empirically examines the … impact of trade and investment on poverty alleviation in Pakistan by employing the Johansen-Juselius (1990) approach to …-à-vis poverty. While investment is a key to promoting economic growth, trade openness can also help by improving business climate …

The general perception is that high food prices in India have increased poverty and that trade reforms will further … opportunities for poverty alleviation. Global trade reform reinforces this effect for all rural population groups. An increase in … urban poverty partly offsets the overall poverty reduction. While India's trade measures effectively isolate sectors from …