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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788518503321

Autore

Dorosh Paul A

Titolo

Evaluating Alternative Approaches to Poverty Alleviation : : Rice Tariffs Versus Targeted Transfers in Madagascar / / Paul A. Dorosh, David Coady, Bart Minten

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2008

ISBN

1-4623-9314-4

1-4527-6826-9

1-282-55827-7

1-4519-1324-9

9786613822406

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (30 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

CoadyDavid

MintenBart

Soggetti

Rice trade - Madagascar - Econometric models

Tariff on farm produce - Madagascar - Econometric models

Poverty - Madagascar - Econometric models

Investments: Commodities

Exports and Imports

Macroeconomics

Taxation

Trade Policy

International Trade Organizations

Agriculture: General

Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions

Trade: General

Macroeconomics: Consumption

Saving

Wealth

Public finance & taxation

Investment & securities

International economics

Tariffs

Agricultural commodities

Personal income

Imports

Consumption

Tariff



Farm produce

Income

Economics

Madagascar Economic policy Econometric models

Madagascar Economic conditions Econometric models

Madagascar, Republic of

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"January 2008."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 27-28).

Nota di contenuto

Contents; I. Introduction; II. A Partial Equilibrium Model; A. The Model; B. Rice Tariff Reform; C. Targeted Transfers; D. Welfare Weights; III. The Welfare Impact of Tariffs and Transfers; A. Lowering Rice Tariffs; Figures; 1. Cumulative Densities of Per Capita Consumption; 2a. Net Sellers/Buyers by Welfare Group, Urban; 2b. Net Sellers/Buyers by Welfare Group, Rural; 3a. Net Purchases by Welfare Group: Urban; 3b. Net Purchases by Welfare Group: Rural; 4a. Welfare Impact of Rice Price Decrease: Urban; 4b. Welfare Impact of Rice Price Decrease, Rural; Tables

1. Distribution of Welfare Impact from Tariff Increase Across Households2. Marginal Cost of Public Funds for Different Import Elasticities; 3. Welfare Impact of Lower Rice Tariff; B. Targeted Transfers; 5. Undercoverage and Leakage, Urban and Rural; C. Tariffs, Transfers, or Both?; 4. Welfare Impact of Proxy-Means Targeted Transfers; IV. From Partial to General Equilibrium Analysis; 6. Welfare Impact of Tariff Reductions and Targeted Transfers; V. Summary and Conclusions; Appendix; I. The Madagascar EPM Household Survey; Appendix Table; 5. Mean Per Capita Consumption and Welfare Weights

References

Sommario/riassunto

This paper uses a partial equilibrium framework to evaluate the relative efficiency, distributional and revenue implications of rice tariffs and targeted transfers in Madagascar, especially in the context of identifying their respective roles for poverty alleviation. Although there are likely to be substantial efficiency gains from tariff reductions, these accrue mainly to higher income households. In addition, poor net rice sellers will lose from lower tariffs. Developing a system of well designed and implemented targeted direct transfers to poor households is thus likely to be a substantially more costeffective approach to poverty alleviation. Such an approach should be financed by switching revenue raising from rice tariffs to more efficient tax instruments. These policy conclusions are likely to be robust to the incorporation of general equilibrium considerations.