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Effect of NAFTA on Mexico's Income Distribution in the Presence of Migration

Garduno-Rivera, Rafael - 2010

This paper asks how NAFTA affected income distribution within Mexico considering changes in internalmigration. Trade liberalization should theoretically increase the income of low-skilled workers in low-skilled labor-abundantdeveloping countries. Thus, by increasing the wages of poorer workers,...

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IMPACTS OF LARGE SCALE EXPANSION OF BIOFUELS ON GLOBAL POVERTY AND INCOME DISTRIBUTION

Cororaton, Caesar B.; Timilsina, Govinda R.; Mevel, Simon - 2010

global poverty. The increase largely comes from South Asia (particularly India) and Sub-Saharan Africa. Significant number of … countries in Sub-Saharan Africa show higher poverty with large scale expansion of biofuels. However, poverty declines in East … the GINI coefficient in Sub-Saharan Africa and East Asia. There is a small reduction in the GINI coefficient in the rest …

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U.S. Import Demand for Tilapia from Selected FTAA Countries

Ligeon, Carel; Bayard, Budry; Clark, Joy M.; Jolly, … - 2007

Seafood consumption in the U.S. has increased over the period 1990 to 2003. A large percentage of the seafood consumed in the U.S. is imported. The most important seafood products imported to the U.S. are shrimp, Atlantic salmon, tilapia, catfish, crayfish, mussels and a mixture of mollusks. In...

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ESTIMATING THE POVERTY IMPACTS OF TRADE LIBERALIZATION

Reimer, Jeffrey J. - 2002

As a new round of World Trade Organization negotiations is being launched with greater emphasis on developing country participation, a body of literature is emerging which quantifies how international trade affects the poor in developing countries. This survey summarizes and classifies...

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Rice Trade Policies and Their Implications for Food Security

Durand-Morat, Alvaro; Wailes, Eric J. - 2011

There is a strong linkage between the behavior of the rice market and the state of food security inmany regions around the world, particularly in Asia, as made evident in the 2007-08 commoditycrisis. Rice is a staple for the majority of the population in Asia, where roughly 60% of the close...

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Liberalization of Staple Crops: Lessons from the Mexican Experience in Maize

Yunez-Naude, Antonio; Serrano-Cote, Valeria - 2009

In this paper we inquire why after more than 25 years of domestic agricultural reforms in Mexico and 15 years of trade liberalization of maize under NAFTA –a non-competitive crop and the major staple in Mexico–domestic production of this field crop has increased. We present new empirical...

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The Integration of Tomato Markets in Ghana with and without Direct Trade Flows

Ihle, Rico; Amikuzuno, Joseph - 2009

Spatial market equilibrium theory views trade flow as the driving force behind market integration. We assess spatial price transmission between domestic tomato markets in Ghana to ascertain whether spatial price transmission veritably depends on direct trade between markets, or whether other...

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Globalization and Poverty in Senegal: A Worst Case Scenario?

Maertens, Miet; Colen, Liesbeth; Swinnen, Johan F.M. - 2009

There is no consensus about how globalization –trade and foreign investments – affects poverty reduction. Using … household survey data, this study contributes to the empirical literature on globalization and poverty by analyzing the …

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Agricultural Trade Flows among Developing Countries: Do Regional Preferential Trade Agreements make a Difference?

Tembo, Gelson; Jayne, Thomas S. - 2009

Regional integration through trade is recognized as one way to foster economic growth and poverty reduction. This paper uses the gravity model and 11-year panel data (1996-2006) on Southern African Development Community (SADC) member countries to study Zambia’s regional agricultural trade...

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Policy and Institutional effects on market participation by smallholder rice farmers: case studies in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger

Toure, Ali; Bamba, Ibrahim; Diagne, Aliou; Harouna, Kore; … - 2008

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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