We examine the impacts of WTO agreements and domestic trade policy reforms on production, welfare and poverty in … macro effects and micro effects in terms of poverty we use the representative household approach with actual intra … negative implications for the overall macro economy, household welfare and poverty in Bangladesh. Terms of trade deteriorate …

Financial inclusion is a key element of social inclusion, particularly useful in combat-ing poverty and income … investigate the impact of financial inclusion on reducing poverty and income inequality, and the determinants and conditional … robust evidence that financial inclusion significantly reduces poverty rates and income inequality in developing countries …

We evaluate the claim that world consumption poverty has fallen since 1990 in light of alternative assumptions about … the extent of initial poverty and the rate of subsequent poverty reduction in China, India, and the rest of the developing … world. We use two poverty indicators: the aggregate headcount and the headcount ratio, and consider two widely …

This research quantifies the effects on poverty in Ecuador of bilateral trade liberalization with the U.S. and fiscal … policies as the main mechanisms through which trade impacts poverty. The paper combines a reduced-form micro household income … small. Indigence and income distribution effects are small but positive. There are mixed results on poverty. The best …

incomes and poverty globally. Using the global LINKAGE model to generate changes in domestic and international prices that … have a direct impact on factor incomes and consumer prices, we estimate the change in real income at the poverty line that … would accompany various reform scenarios. When accompanied by additional information about the elasticity of poverty with …

We review the relationship between trade and poverty in less developed countries, surveying both relevant economic … can lead to poverty reduction, these circumstances do not always obtain. Trade liberalization will only be an effective … instrument of poverty reduction under specific structural conditions. There may be more direct and effective means of attaining …

Doha Agenda -- The Challenges to Reducing Poverty through Trade Reform: Overview -- Estimating the Effects of Global Trade … Reform -- Part Two: Country Studies -- Ethiopia -- Madagascar -- Zambia -- Cambodia -- Vietnam -- Bolivia -- Nicaragua …