Using a global computable general equilibrium model, the paper analyzes the potential effects of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) on the Philippine economy. The analysis involves an 80-percent reduction in tariffs and 10 percent in nontariff barriers within RCEP...

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Summary -- Chapter 1 Sizing Up the Issues -- The Extent and Location of Global Poverty -- Poverty Location by Size Groups -- Table 1.1 -- Table 1.2 -- Least Developed, Heavily Indebted Poor, and sub-Saharan African Countries -- Table 1.3 --...

This paper links the ENVISAGE computable general equilibrium model with a microsimulation to assess the economic effects of implementing the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). Reductions of tariffs and non-tariff measures, implementation of a rule of origin, together with...