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International Trade and Poverty Alleviation

Bannister, Geoffrey J. - 2001

new trade policy. In assessing these findings, it should be borne in mind that the links between trade reform and poverty …

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Trade and inclusive growth

Bacchetta, Marc; Cerra, Valerie; Piermartini, Roberta; … - 2021

This paper surveys the literature on the relationship between international trade and inclusive growth. It examines claims that the rise in inequality in many countries can be attributed to the concurrent rise in trade competition, especially from EMEs like China, spurring trade tensions and...

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Economic Transformation, Population Growth, and the Long-Run World Income Distribution

Chamon, Marcos - 2006

This paper considers the long-run evolution of the world economy in a model where countries'' opportunities to develop … opportunities for the remaining developing countries. Whether or not the world economy converges to widespread prosperity depends on …

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Trade, Growth, and Poverty : A Selective Survey

Berg, Andrew - 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 … of growth and poverty reduction. Trade openness has important positive spillovers on other aspects of reform, however, so …

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The Uruguay Round and Net Food Importers

Eiteljörge, Uwe - 1995

This paper attempts to assess the incremental external financing requirements occasioned by changes in world food …

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International trade and corporate market power

Gonzalez-Garcia, Jesus; Yang, Yuanchen - 2020

This paper examines the effect of international trade on corporate market power in emerging market economies and developing countries, with a special focus on sub-Saharan Africa. The analysis is based on a large firm-level dataset, tariff data by sector and agreggate indicators of international...

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Special Agricultural Safeguards : Virtual Benefits and Real Costs-Lessons for the Doha Round

Hallaert, Jean-Jacques - 2005

In the Doha Round, negotiators are discussing the elimination or continuation of the special agricultural safeguards introduced by the Uruguay Round as well as the creation of special safeguard mechanism for use by developing countries. This paper argues that, in violation of the spirit of the...

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International Trade and Productivity Growth : Exploring the Sectoral Effects for Developing Countries

Choudhri, Ehsan U. - 2000

The paper estimates an empirical relation based on Krugman’s ‘technological gap’ model to explore the influence of the pattern of international trade and production on the overall productivity growth of a developing country. A key result is that increased import competition in...

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Integration of Eastern Europe Into the World Trading System

Junz, Helen B. - 1991

The sheer size of mandated trade among members of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA), and its composition and quality, means that its reorientation toward other markets entails a whole complex of structural adjustment policies. To be successful, policy reform must be...

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In Search of WTO Trade Effects : Preferential Trade Agreements Promote Trade Strongly, But Unevenly

Eicher, Theo S. - 2009

The literature measuring the impact of Preferential Trade Agreements (PTA) and WTO membership on trade flows has produced remarkably diverse results. Rose''s (2004) seminal paper reports a range of specifications that show no WTO effects, but Subramanian and Wei (2007) contend that he does not...

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