Using a CGE model, this study analyses the impact of trade liberalization on poverty at the household level taking Ethiopia as a case. Two scenarios (complete tariff cut and uniform tariff scheme) suggest that further liberalization of trade has little short-run effect on the overall economy....

Using a CGE model, this study analyses the impact of trade liberalization on poverty at the household level taking Ethiopia as a case. Two scenarios (complete tariff cut and uniform tariff scheme) suggest that further liberalization of trade has little short-run effect on the overall economy....

"Accelerating growth and poverty reduction, and the ultimate achievement of structural transformation, are the critical policy challenges in present day Ethiopia. This paper examines relevant growth options in terms of their impact on overall growth and poverty reduction in the country. It...

Books reviewed include: No Condition is Permanent: The Social Dynamics of Agrarian Change in Sub-Saharan Africa by Sara Berry; Hungry Dreams: The Failure of Food Policy in Revolutionary Nicaragua 1979-1990 by Brizio N. Biondi-Morra; Ghana Under Structural Adjustment: The Impact on Agriculture and...