CGE model is used to run a series of policy experiments. Poverty is found to increase slightly with the implementation of …. If an indirect tax is used, the incidence of poverty falls marginally, but the depth (poverty gap) and severity (squared … poverty gap) increase substantially. If, instead, an income tax is used, all measures of poverty increase. In both cases, full …

The Philippines has undertaken substantial trade-policy reforms since the 1980s. However, the poverty impact is not … very clear and has been the subject of intense debate, most crucial of which is the likely poverty effects of liberalizing … increases. The national poverty headcount decreases marginally as lower consumer prices outweigh the income reduction …

This paper examined welfare and poverty impacts of trade liberalization in Bangladesh. By using a computable general … regressive pattern is observed among the urban households but it is ambiguous for the rural households. Rural poverty declined …. Except for the second simulation, the urban poverty headcount, gap and severity all worsen in other two simulations. This …

A CGE microsimulation model is used to study the poverty impacts of trade liberalization in Zimbabwe. A sample of 14006 … consumer prices fall and this, together with increased unskilled wages, leads to a fall in poverty. The fall in the price of …, explains why poverty falls more here than in rural Zimbabwe …

a higher education subsidy cut reduces welfare and increases poverty in Vietnam. While rural and agricultural households …Education is often promoted as the solution to poverty in the developing world. Yet, fiscal discipline has led to … reductions in public spending on education. We examine the poverty impacts of a cut in public subsidies to higher education …

This study analyzes the effects on poverty incidence and other economic variables resulting from government … find that poverty incidence declines under the entire range of distributional assumptions considered. Nevertheless, the … most important determinant of poverty impact is the degree of rural bias. Even the most regressive of the pro …

employment, poverty and inequality. To evaluate impacts on poverty and inequality, we use a CGE Top Down approach. The paper … unemployment as well as a fall of poverty for each population groups …

Dutch colonial policies) and the extreme poverty witnessed in rural areas. Using historical and modern data on the …