We build a CGE model of an archetype African economy to simulate the welfare effects of trade liberalization specifically on poverty. The economy is modeled following a dual-dual framework (Thorbecke, 1993, 1994, 1997) that is characteristic of the structure of a developing country in its middle...

I -- I. Major Changes in the Pattern of World Trade, 1928–1956 -- II. Trade Analysis by Areas -- III. Developments in the System of Multilateral Trade -- II -- IV. The Tendency towards Regionalization in Continental Europe -- V. The Tendency towards Regionalization in the Sterling Area -- VI....

Taiwan's Development Experience: Lessons on Roles of Government and Market scrutinizes the main features of the Taiwanese development experience under five interrelated themes and domains: Outward-orientation vs. inward-orientation; Sources of growth; Dynamic balanced growth process: the...

This document sets out a new method for assessing the implications of public expenditure cuts for income distribution. The instrument is a social accounting matrix providing the appropriate conceptual framework for estimating all the direct and indirect effects of changes in any given category...