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Trade negotiators are concerned about the possible negative effects of trade liberalisation on employment in specific … sector adjust to trade shocks. In this application, a global computable general equilibrium model is used to determine trade … levels in Indonesian agriculture. Employment tends to move with output in the primary agricultural sector where capital …
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marginal amenity benefit exceeds the marginal external cost reductions due to the input tax. Terms of trade effects imply that … of major players within the WTO agriculture-environment sphere. …
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important foreign exchange earner for the Caribbean Common Market (CARICOM), and Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) member …), and Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) member countries. Jamaica is the only CARICOM country that exports tilapia …
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Regional integration through trade is recognized as one way to foster economic growth and poverty reduction. This paper … to study Zambia’s regional agricultural trade flows and the impact of the SADC Trade Protocol (SADC-TP). Zambia’s volume … of trade is significantly related to most of the standard gravity variables. The results indicate that Zambia has been …
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Rice sector contributes significantly to secure households with regard to their food needs but also to the creation of employments and income generation. The sector development and its evolution over the years have been marked by various policies and approaches. These development stages of the...
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Commercial rice imports have accounted for approximately 61%, food aid in rice accounted for about 2%, and domestic rice accounted for some 37% per annum of rice consumption in Ghana over the four years between 2000 and 2003. Compared to the 1990s, these figures show a gradual decline in the...
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Non-tariff measures (NTMs) beyond traditional trade policy instruments define the requirements that importing countries … imposed on foreign products. Due to differences across countries, requirements for supplying foreign markets can lead to trade … costs and thus hamper international trade. In this paper, we introduce two regulatory heterogeneity indexes which are …
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This paper assessed the effects of transactions costs—relative to price and non-price factors—on smallholder marketed surplus and input use in Kenya. A selectivity model was used that accounts not only for the effects of fixed and variable transactions costs but also for the role of assets,...
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, suggestions on how to improve the pattern of the import trade and to enhance the international competitiveness of Chinese sugar …
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