This paper investigates if trade can help achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal of poverty eradication using microeconomic and macroeconomic mechanisms and the effects of trade and trade policy on consumer prices, producer prices, and wages. As these mechanisms affect the real...

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Summary -- Chapter 1 Sizing Up the Issues -- The Extent and Location of Global Poverty -- Poverty Location by Size Groups -- Table 1.1 -- Table 1.2 -- Least Developed, Heavily Indebted Poor, and sub-Saharan African Countries -- Table 1.3 --...

Governments have at their disposal many economic instruments to promote national security, such as sanctions, foreign aid, international trade, international finance and laws blocking funds for international terrorism. This book examines the use of theses economic policies and addresses how best...

We review the relationship between trade and poverty in less developed countries, surveying both relevant economic theory and empirical evidence. We conclude that, while there certainly are circumstances under which greater trade openness can lead to poverty reduction, these circumstances do not...