Based on a multisectoral approach, the article presents results of our estimations about the possible effects of changes in rural production on rural households’ income and on rural poverty. We do this by building an aggregated social accounting matrix of ten villages in Mexico characterized...

Findings from aggregate economy-wide models suggest that removing tariffs on agricultural imports is detrimental to rural welfare in less developed countries. This paper explores the rural welfare effects of agricultural trade liberalization called for under the Central American Free Trade...