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Concern is growing regarding the poverty impacts of trade liberalization. The strong general equilibrium effects of … to detailed poverty analysis. We bridge this gap by constructing a CGE model that explicitly models all households from a … models. Urban poverty falls and rural poverty increases as initial tariffs were highest for agriculture. Impacts increase …
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Concern is growing regarding the poverty impacts of trade liberalization. The strong general equilibrium effects of … to detailed poverty analysis. We bridge this gap by constructing a CGE model that explicitly models all households from a … models. Urban poverty falls and rural poverty increases as initial tariffs were highest for agriculture. Impacts increase …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407655
liberalization on household welfare and poverty in Nepal through the construction of a regional CGE model. The model disaggregates … incomes such that there are negligible welfare changes. However, poverty falls substantially, with the greatest impact in …
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We utilize a multi-sector general equilibrium model based on intertemporally optimizing agents to study issues of trade liberalization and fiscal adjustments in the context of the Turkish economy. A key feature of the model is its explicit recognition of the distortionary consequences of...
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reduce some forms of poverty and inequality but worsen others, so the net effects are unclear without empirical modeling … the remaining distortions to world merchandise trade on poverty and inequality globally and in various developing … for a sample of 15 countries, and ten stand-alone national case studies, all point to larger reductions in poverty …
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The effects of agricultural and general trade liberalization in Indonesia and Thailand are analyzed and compared using a multi-household, multi-sector integrated general equilibrium framework. In both countries agricultural protection contributes a relatively small part of the total cost of...
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This study investigates the role of public infrastructure investment on economic growth and poverty reduction in the … positively impacts real GDP, but also reduces poverty and inequality in the short and long run. In this context, the Philippine …
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poverty in Cameroon. It is based on a computable general equilibrium. The model has 5 production sectors including 2 … household poverty in this sector. However, it has the opposite effect on the formal sector. As against, rising wages and …
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This study aims at measuring the impact of world price volatility and import tariffs on rice on poverty in Indonesia …. Applying a Computable General Equilibrium-Microsimulation approach and the endogenous poverty line, this study found that the … volatility of world rice prices during 2007 to 2010 had a large effect on the poverty incidence in Indonesia. The simulation …
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Debate on the measurement of food inflation’s consequences on poverty is back since the recent surge in food prices at … assessing and estimating the impact of food price variability and volatility on household poverty. More precisely, the … complexity of relationships between food price variation and poverty will be first examined. The second part addresses a range of …
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