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What We Do and Don't Know about Trade Liberalization and Poverty Reduction / Rob Vos.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Vos, Rob, 1955- author.
- Series:
- UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Working Papers, 2520-6656 ; no.50.
- UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Working Papers, 2520-6656 ; no.50
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic and Social Development.
- Local Subjects:
- Economic and Social Development.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : United Nations, 2007.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Strong opinions about the impact of globalization on poverty are not always backed by robust factual evidence. As argued in this paper, however, it is not all that easy to lay our hands on 'robust' facts. Quantitative analyses of trade liberalization appear highly sensitive to basic modelling and parameter assumptions. Altering these could turn the expectation that, for instance, Africa's poor stand to gain from further trade opening under the Doha Round into one in which they would stand to lose. Most studies agree though that trade opening probably adds to aggregate welfare, but gains are small and unevenly distributed.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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