, particularly the poor, at the expense of urban households. "--World Bank web site …

"For decades the world's agricultural markets have been highly distorted by national government policies, but very … restrictiveness indexes. It then exploits a global agricultural distortions database recently compiled by the World Bank to generate … a sample of 75 countries that together account for more than three-quarters of the world's production of those …

"Despite recent reforms, world agricultural markets remain highly distorted by government policies. Traditional … sector policies are generated without a formal model of global markets or even price elasticity estimates. "--World Bank web …

. The World Trade Organization's Hong Kong Ministerial had set out ambitious goals for services but the analysis here shows … that much remains to be done to achieve them. "--World Bank web site …

actual gain. "--World Bank web site …

the 5 percent generated by the most commonly used global model (GTAP) and reported in the paper's final section. "--World …

liberalization could move the world some way toward those desirable outcomes, but more so the more developing countries themselves … cut applied tariffs, particularly on agricultural imports. "--World Bank web site …

are built up using newly available tariff line data and their implications for world markets are established using a … global modeling framework. These world trade impacts, in turn, form the basis for 12 country case studies of the national … cross-section analysis, and a global analysis provides estimates for the world as a whole. "--World Bank web site …

Analysis Project (GTAP) database and the World Bank's LINKAGE model of the global economy (projected to 2015), their results … food importers or are enjoying preferential access to agricultural markets of high-income countries. "--World Bank web site …