Showing 1 - 10 of 53
The Agreement on South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) entered its second phase of implementation in 2008. The creation of a free trade area is expected to affect its participants—Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka—very differently given their diversity in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008521827
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008476185
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008476189
"This study offers new conclusions on the economic cost of a failed Doha Round. The first section is devoted to an analysis of how trade policies evolve in the long and medium runs. We show that even under normal economic conditions, policymakers modify tariffs to cope with the evolution of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004967164
"Food supply chains are being transformed in a number of developing countries due to widespread changes in urban food demand. To better anticipate the impact of this transformation and thus assist in the design of appropriate policies, it is important to understand the changes that are occurring...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004967166
"We herein use a world Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model to simulate 143 potential trade reforms and seek solutions to the issues hampering progress in the Doha Development Agenda (DDA). Inside the domain defined by all these possible outcomes, we apply the axiomatic theory of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004967169
"This paper addresses the potential effects of a world agricultural trade liberalization scenario on poverty and regional income distribution in Brazil, using an interregional applied general equilibrium (AGE) and microsimulation model of Brazil, tailored for income distribution and poverty...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004967179
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005101362
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005101377
"La creciente variabilidad y la fuerte tendencia al alza en los precios mundiales de alimentos durante los últimos dos años han sido motivo de preocupación debido a que pueden aumentar la pobreza y el hambre a nivel mundial. Al mismo tiempo, el aumento en los precios de alimentos es un...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004987170