countries have distorted rice trade. This study estimates the impact of rice policy distortions on developing countries' rice … production and trade potential. Because rice markets are highly segmented, major rice types are differentiated to estimate the … trade would also be affected by a reduction of the high over-quota tariff." from Authors' Abstract …

Sri Lanka—very differently given their diversity in terms of size, income, and structure of trade and protection. Using … equilibrium global model, this study examines the effects of SAFTA on trade and net income in the region. The magnitude of the …. Exempting sensitive products from the agreement limits gains from trade for the lower-middle-income members of SAFTA but may be …

through a large nation-wide land titling program and a significant opening of the economy to international trade. This paper …

-oriented alternatives...which demonstrate that more can be accomplished in the Doha Round if these two development-oriented and pro-trade …

"In recent years, trade in Africa has assumed greater importance as a means of alleviating poverty, especially since … has grown (Easterly 2006). Trade and aid have often been viewed as interchangeable, but “aid for trade” has recently … gained prominence, with the result that the two factors are more often treated as complementary. Proponents of “aid for trade …

"What is at stake in the standoff between the United States and Europe over agriculture in the Doha Round of trade … talks at the World Trade Organization (WTO)? What impact would an agreement based on greater or lesser levels of ambition …

would go all the way up to currently bound tariff rates, world trade would decrease by 7.7 percent. In a more modest … scenario where countries would raise tariffs to maximum rates applied during the past 13 years, world trade would decrease by 3 … billion under the more modest scenario. While such an increase in duties would particularly impact agricultural exports (–6 …

of origin and assesses the structural adjustment in demand as indicated by the increase in imports from Sri Lanka since … the tsunami in December 2004. The primary objective of this research is to assess how Sri Lanka’s fish exports affected … fish exports from Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda (Lake Victoria region). Although the results show no significant price …

which country characteristics might affect income through trade and institutions, and then to test the robustness of those … is landlocked and its distance to the equator influence income, but only through trade. Data covering 95 countries across …This paper tests a series of prominent hypotheses regarding how institutions, geography, and trade interact to …

"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 analysis. The model distinguishes 10 different labor types and 270 …