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Tango with the Dragon: Employment Effects of Trade Integration with China. The Case of Argentina
Castro, Lucio - EconWPA - 2005
This paper estimates the effects of trade integration between China and Mercosur on employment. The case of Argentina … labor demand elasticities in order to estimate the effects of trade with China on the employment rate. According to this …, trade with China did not have a significant effect on industrial employment, even in a period of swift trade liberalization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408025
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Trade, Poverty and Employment: The Social Consequences of Integration with China
Castro, Lucio; Saslavsky, Daniel - EconWPA - 2005
This paper estimates the potential effects of a free trade agreement (FTA) between China and Mercosur on poverty … likely effects of an FTA with China on poverty and income distribution. We find that the FTA would result in a small … reduction in poverty as well as an improvement in the income distribution. Highly disaggregated data at the industry level is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062638
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Chinese Poverty: Assessing the Impact of Alternative Assumptions
Reddy, Sanjay G.; Minoiu, Camelia - EconWPA - 2005
This paper investigates how estimates of the extent and trend of income poverty in China between 1990 and 2001 vary as … within a reasonable range, a remarkable reduction in consumption poverty occurred in China during the 1990s. However …, estimates of the extent of Chinese poverty in any year are greatly influenced by the assumptions made. China’s record of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005135025
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Rebuilding the State in Areas Affected by Political Violence: The Case of Rural Communities in Ayacucho, Peru
Velazco, Jackeline - EconWPA - 2004
During the 1980s, the Peruvian society was deeply affected by two significant events: a) the economic crisis that ended in recession and hyperinflation and, b) the spread of political violence, in particular in Ayacucho, in the central Andean highlands. Taking this into account, the conditions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005412495
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Uganda: l'allievo modello della Banca Mondiale? Le nuove contraddizioni della cooperazione allo sviluppo
Sabatini, Fabio - EconWPA - 2004
aiuto allo sviluppo, basati sull’elaborazione di piani nazionali per la riduzione della povertà (Poverty Reduction Strategy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407650
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Che cosa è il capitale sociale
Sabatini, Fabio - EconWPA - 2004
Attraverso una rassegna critica della letteratura, questo articolo vuole fornire una prima introduzione al concetto di capitale sociale - con particolare riferimento alla sua rilevanza nello studio dei processi di sviluppo - e dare conto del dibattito in corso su questo tema da più di un...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407704
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A Comprehensive Analysis of Economic Community in East Asia: Japan's Leadership in the Regional Development on both Economic and Financial Sides
Kitagawa, Masaomi - EconWPA - 2005
common market among ASEAN, China, South Korea, and Japan by establishing a free trade area covering the entire region. As the … two major countries in the region, in the arrangement, China and Japan would have centered roles in promoting economic … cooperation in East Asia. However, it is practically impossible to decide either China or Japan is capable of taking the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408050
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HIPC and Trade Policy Reform: Some Early Observations
Walkenhorst, Peter - EconWPA - 2004
The HIPC Initiative requires countries receiving debt relief to undertake a Poverty Reduction Strategy programme … reforms in the context of their Poverty Reduction Strategies have performed better overall during 1997-2001 than countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062598
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Uganda: l'allievo modello della Banca Mondiale? Le nuove contraddizioni della cooperazione allo sviluppo
Sabatini, Fabio - EconWPA - 2004
aiuto allo sviluppo, basati sull’elaborazione di piani nazionali per la riduzione della povertà (Poverty Reduction Strategy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118732
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Comment on “Trade, Growth, and Poverty--A Selective Survey,” by Andrew Berg and Anne Krueger, and “Doha and the World Poverty Targets,” by L. Alan Winters
Nogues, Julio J. - EconWPA - 2005
liberalization and poverty reduction that works mainly through the growth-inducing effects of trade. The existence of this link … achieve if it is to reduce poverty. Therefore, in contrast to the article by Berg and Krueger, the emphasis in the discussion …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005119331