, the impact of trade openness on poverty reduction is ambiguous. On the one hand, a more liberalized trade regime is argued … to change relative factor prices in favor of the more abundant factor. If poverty and relative low income stem from … abundance of labor, greater trade openness should lead to higher labor prices and a decrease in poverty. However, should the re …

This paper investigates if trade can help achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal of poverty … household may be lifted out of or pushed into poverty. The impacts of trade on growth and longer-term consequences of trade … is significant heterogeneity in the poverty impacts of trade, both across households and countries. This highlights the …

. However, no study has explored the nexus between trade liberalization, external debt, and income inequality in Africa …, while external debt worsens income inequality, win-win trade liberalization policies could act as instruments for poverty … alleviation and income inequality reduction in Africa. The results further show that growth in per capita income exerts a widening …

Economic growth is essential, though not sufficient, for poverty reduction in developing countries. Research based on … contribute to economic growth, and thus can help many poor people escape poverty. However, the domestic environment has to be … conducive to realizing the poverty-reduction benefits of increased trade. Complementary domestic policies and institutions …