Background and objectives -- Nepalese trade policy reforms -- Liberalization reforms and poverty : theory and empirics -- The social accounting matrix of Nepal -- Nepal CGE model and calibration : simulations of liberalization and reform policies -- Dynamic Nepal CGE model : higher and pro-poor...

In this paper we examine the effects of trade liberalisation on inequality in the small developing country of Nepal. We use a Computable General Equilibrium approach applied to a newly developed social accounting matrix, simulating three liberalisation scenarios: (i) import liberalisation; (ii)...