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Measuring the Impact of Distortions in Agricultural Trade in Partial and General Equilibrium

Tokarick, Stephen - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003

This paper provides quantitative estimates of the impact of removing agricultural support (both tariffs and subsidies) in partial- and general-equilibrium frameworks. The results show that agricultural support in industrial countries is highly distortionary and tariffs have a larger...

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Regional Trade Arrangements in Africa; Past Performance and the Way Forward

Yang, Yongzheng; Gupta, Sanjeev - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005

Regional trade arrangements (RTAs) in Africa have been ineffective in promoting trade and foreign direct investment. Relatively high external trade barriers and low resource complementarity between member countries limit both intra- and extraregional trade. Small market size, poor transport...

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Will the Doha Round Lead to Preference Erosion?

Romalis, John; Amiti, Mary - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

This paper assesses the effects of reducing tariffs under the Doha Round on market access for developing countries. It shows that for many developing countries, actual preferential access is less generous than it appears because of low product coverage or complex rules of origin. Thus lowering...

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Trade, Growth, and Poverty; A Selective Survey

Berg, Andrew; Krueger, Anne O. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003

This survey of the recent literature asks: how important is trade policy for poverty reduction? We consider the effects of openness on poverty in two components: the effect of openness on average income growth, and the effect on distribution for a given growth rate. Evidence from a variety of...

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Reforming Government Subsidies in the New Member States of the European Union

Segura-Ubiergo, Alex; Koranchelian, Taline; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

Subsidy reform has been a key component of the pre-accession reform agenda of the 10 new member states that joined the … reforms in their economies. One of the most critical reforms was to reduce, and in some cases, eliminate their subsidy … programs. This paper analyzes how key subsidy reforms (in state aid to enterprises, agriculture, energy, and transportation …

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Integrating Poor Countries into the World Trading System

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006

Efforts to liberalize world trade are increasingly focusing on strengthening the links between low-income countriesâ€™ trade policies and their development strategies. However, although greater trade openness promises faster growth for poor countries, it also presents risks to those with...

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Chile; Institutions and Policies Underpinning Stability and Growth

Kalter, Eliot; Phillips, Steven; Singh, Manmohan; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004

This paper presents the primary institutions and economic policies that have led to Chileâ€™s remarkable record of stability and growth over the past twenty years. The core of this policy stance is the combination of fiscal discipline and an open trade policy regime, together with carefully...

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Fiscal Implications of Multilateral Tariff Cuts

Sadikov, Azim M.; Lankes, Hans P.; Smith, Dustin; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

The paper contributes to the discussion about the revenue implications of trade reform by assessing the approximate fiscal revenue impact of different liberalization formulae under consideration in multilateral trade negotiations for a group of low- and middle-income countries. The study applies...

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Bosnia and Herzegovina; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paperâ€”Mid-Term Development Strategy

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004

Poverty risk is most marked for children, displaced persons and returnees, unemployed, and people with low education. Basic goals of the macroeconomic framework of the mid-term development strategy of Bosnia and Herzegovina are to reduce the overall public expenditures, lower the public debt,...

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Preferential Trade Agreements in the Asia-Pacific Region

Feridhanusetyawan, Tubagus - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005

Preferential trade agreements (PTAs) in the Asia-Pacific region have proliferated rapidly over the past five years and are creating a complex web of intersecting bilateral and regional trade agreements. This paper describes the proliferation of these PTAs, discusses their characteristics and...

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