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Rotunno, Lorenzo - 2024

Available data show a marked increase in subsidy utilization in China and in other major economies between 2009 and …

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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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769122

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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599383

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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Raising Armenia's Export Potential

Akepanidtaworn, Klakow - 2022

Raising Armenia's long-term growth prospects is critical to meet the pressing need for jobs, achieve higher living standards, and arrest emigration. Armenia's long-term growth prospects have weakened since the global COVID-19 crisis, while recent global and regional the geopolitical developments...

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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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Energy Subsidies in Latin America and the Caribbean

Di Bella, Gabriel - 2015

The oil price decline creates an opportunity to dismantle energy subsidies, which escalatedwith high oil prices. This paper assesses energy subsidies in Latin America and theCaribbean-about 1.8 percent of GDP in 2011-13 (approximately evenly split betweenfuel and electricity), and about 3.8...

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Magnitude and Distribution of Fuel Subsidies : Evidence from Bolivia, Ghana, Jordan, Mali, and Sri Lanka

Kpodar, Kangni - 2006

Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. MAGNITUDE, FINANCING, AND DISTRIBUTION OF CONSUMER SUBSIDIES -- III. COUNTRY CASE STUDIES -- IV. CONCLUDING REMARKS -- APPENDIX I. IDENTIFYING MAGNITUDE AND FINANCING OF FUEL SUBSIDIES -- APPENDIX II. EVALUATING SIZE AND DISTRIBUTION OF REAL INCOME...

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Can Energy Subsidies Help Slay Inflation?

Erceg, Christopher J. - 2024

model to show that a consumer subsidy may be counterproductive, especially as an inflation-fighting tool, when applied …

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