Agricultural Trade Reform and Poverty in the Asia-Pacific : A Survey and Some New Results.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pacific, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the.

Series:

UNESCAP Working Papers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poverty.

Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (45 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Agricultural Trade Reform and Poverty in the Asia-Pacific

Place of Publication:

Bloomfield : United Nations Publications, 2013.

Summary:

This book, prepared by John Gilbert and edited by Amarakoon Bandara, examines the relationship between agricultural trade policy reform and poverty in the Asia-Pacific region. It reviews existing literature and detailed simulation studies using the GTAP model to assess the impacts of proposed agricultural trade reforms under the Doha Development Agenda. The analysis finds that current proposals do not significantly reduce applied tariffs and have modest effects on welfare, with an uneven distribution of poverty reduction across countries. In contrast, comprehensive agricultural trade reform tends to benefit most economies in the region and consistently lowers poverty levels. The book is intended for policymakers, economists, and researchers interested in the economic and social impacts of trade policy on developing economies. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Table of contents

1. Introduction

2. Agricultural trade reforms under Doha

3. Poverty links of trade reform

4. Overview of CGE modeling

5. Survey of recent analyses

5.1. China

5.2. Indonesia

5.3. Philippines

5.4. Bangladesh

5.5. India

6. New results

6.1. Methodology

6.2. Aggregate welfare

6.3. Poverty

6.4. Adjustment

7. Concluding comments

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ISBN:

9789210558389

9210558383

OCLC:

1409697260