Trade policy and global poverty / / William R. Cline

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910825564603321
• Autore: Cline William R
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, DC., : Institute for International Economics, : Center for Global Development, c2004
• ISBN: 1-281-39715-6; 9786611397159; 0-88132-459-0; 1-4356-5536-2
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (336 p.)
• Disciplina: 339.4/6
• Soggetti: Commercial policy; Tariff preferences; Protectionism; Free trade - Economic aspects - Developing countries; Poverty - Developing countries; Income distribution - Developing countries; Developing countries Commercial policy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-304) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 -- India and China -- Implications -- Trade Patterns in Relation to Poverty -- Table 1.4 -- Table 1.5 -- Table 1.6 -- Poverty, Growth, and Trade -- Does Growth Reduce Poverty? -- The Paradox of Persistent Global Poverty -- Misleading Data? -- Rising Inequality? -- Table 1.7 -- Figure 1.1 -- Figure 1.2 -- Table 1.8 -- Population Growth Offset -- The Issue of Convergence -- Does Trade Increase Growth? -- Figure 1.3 -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1A Estimating Poverty Rates -- Figure 1A.1 -- Table 1A.1 -- Appendix 1B Poverty Incidence and Elasticity under the Lognormal Distribution -- ; Table 1B.1 -- Appendix 1C Convergence Versus Divergence in International Income Levels -- Chapter 2 Arrangements for Preferential Access: Experience and Potential -- The Generalized System of Preferences -- Special Regimes of the European Union -- Special Regimes of the United States -- Testing for the Trade Impact of Preferential Regimes -- Policy Implications -- Chapter 3 Industrial-Country Protection and the Impact of Trade Liberalization on Global Poverty -- Tariffs on Manufactured Goods -- Table 3.1 -- Peak Tariffs: How Important Are They? -- Table 3.2 -- Table 3.3 -- Tariffs and Quotas in Textiles and Apparel -- Table 3.4 -- Table 3.5 -- Table 3.6 -- Industrial-Country Protection in Agriculture -- Table 3.7 -- Table 3.8 -- Table 3.9 -- Aggregate Protection Against Developing Countries -- Table 3.10 -- The Impact of Industrial-Country Agricultural Trade Liberalization on Global Poverty -- Food Trade Balance and Poverty -- Table 3.11 -- Contingent Protection -- Table 3.12 -- Table 3.13.; General Equilibrium Model Estimates of Trade Liberalization Effects -- Table 3.14 -- The Poverty Impact of Trade Liberalization -- Protection in Services -- Conclusion -- Appendix 3A Weighting Protection -- Figure 3A.1 -- Appendix 3B The Tariff Equivalent of Agricultural Subsidies -- Figure 3B.1 -- Appendix 3C The Impact of Industrial-Country Agricultural Import Liberalization on Poverty Incidence in Developing Countries -- Static Effects -- Figure 3C.1 -- Dynamic Effects -- Combined Effects -- Data and Results -- Table 3C.1 -- Sensitivity Analysis -- Table 3C.2 -- Appendix 3D Trade Balance and Comparative Advantage in Food and Agriculture for Least Developed Countries, 1999-2001 -- Chapter 4 Modeling the Impact of Trade Liberalization on Global Poverty -- The Harrison-Rutherford-Tarr CGE Model -- The GTAP5 Trade and Protection Database -- Trade Liberalization Simulation Results -- Table 4.1 -- Table 4.2 -- Table 4.3 -- Table 4.4 -- Table 4.5 -- Factor Price Effects -- Table 4.6 -- Poverty Effects: Static -- Table 4.7 -- Poverty Effects: Steady State -- Table 4.8 -- Table 4.9 -- Preference Erosion -- Table 4.10 -- Poverty Effects in Alternative Scenarios -- Implications -- Appendix 4A PEHRT Model Definitions -- Chapter 5 The Impact of Trade on Poverty Through Growth Effects -- The Impact of Trade on Growth -- The Impact of Trade Policy on Growth -- The Dynamic Productivity Effects of Trade Liberalization on Global Poverty -- The Combined Static, Dynamic, and Induced-Investment Effects -- Caveats -- Chapter 6 Conclusion -- Principal Findings -- The Doha Round after Cancún -- References -- Index.