potential and trade opportunities through regional integration. We analyze the implications of such opportunities using a … increased demand for their agricultural exports, higher prices that stimulate production for domestic markets, and slower …

This study examines the dynamic effects of a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) on the countries within the Western … in saving-investment, capital accumulation, and the linkages between openness in trade and economic growth. The study … finds that the developing countries in the hemisphere may not enjoy welfare gain from an FTAA if they trade more with non …

structure, is fit to East Asian data of the social accounting matrix variety. Simulations of trade reform are performed and …

This paper analyzes two potential trade liberalization scenarios: a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) and an … create trade and increase welfare for the participants (more for the Latin American countries than for either the US or the …

living. The authors of Strategies and Priorities for African Agriculture: Economywide Perspectives from Country Studies argue … increased, more efficient public investment in agriculture and agricultural markets and propose new directions for future …

, price, and trade. The increased public spending on agricultural R&D, irrigation, and agricultural subsidy also has modest …

Agriculture in Ghana accounts for about 40 percent of national economy, three quarters of export earnings, and employs … 60 percent of the labor force. Agriculture is the backbone of the economy (McKay and Aryeetey, 2004) and the sector has … served as the main driver for the growth over the last two decades (World Bank, 2007). Moreover, agriculture is the most …