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The Doha Round, Poverty, And Regional Inequality In Brazil / Filho, Joaquim Bento de Souza Ferreira
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Ferreira Filho, Joaquim Bento de Souza.
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bank.
- Calculations.
- Commodities.
- Commodity.
- Consumer.
- Consumer Behavior.
- Currency.
- Demand.
- Economic Theory and Research.
- Emerging Markets.
- Finance and Financial Sector Development.
- Financial Literacy.
- Health Systems Development and Reform.
- Health, Nutrition and Population.
- Household Expenditure.
- Household Income.
- Income.
- Income Increase.
- Income Range.
- Income Source.
- Inequality.
- Inflation.
- Investment.
- Labor Markets.
- Labor Policies.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Population.
- Population Policies.
- Poverty Reduction.
- Private Sector Development.
- Revenues.
- Rural Development.
- Rural Poverty Reduction.
- Services and Transfers to Poor.
- Social Protections and Labor.
- Wage.
- Wages.
- Local Subjects:
- Bank.
- Calculations.
- Commodities.
- Commodity.
- Consumer.
- Consumer Behavior.
- Currency.
- Demand.
- Economic Theory and Research.
- Emerging Markets.
- Finance and Financial Sector Development.
- Financial Literacy.
- Health Systems Development and Reform.
- Health, Nutrition and Population.
- Household Expenditure.
- Household Income.
- Income.
- Income Increase.
- Income Range.
- Income Source.
- Inequality.
- Inflation.
- Investment.
- Labor Markets.
- Labor Policies.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Population.
- Population Policies.
- Poverty Reduction.
- Private Sector Development.
- Revenues.
- Rural Development.
- Rural Poverty Reduction.
- Services and Transfers to Poor.
- Social Protections and Labor.
- Wage.
- Wages.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (51 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 2005
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- This paper addresses the potential effects of the Doha round of trade negotiations on poverty and income distribution in Brazil, using an applied general equilibrium (AGE) and micro-simulation model of Brazil tailored for income distribution and poverty analysis. Of particular importance is the fact that the representative household hypothesis is replaced by a detailed representation of households. The model distinguishes 10 different labor types and has 270 different household expenditure patterns. Income can originate from 41 different production activities (which produce 52 commodities), located in 27 different regions in the country. The AGE model communicates to a micro-simulation model that has 112,055 Brazilian households and 263,938 adults. Poverty and income distribution indices are computed over the entire sample of households and persons, before and after the policy shocks. Model results show that even important trade policy shocks, such as those applied in this study, do not generate dramatic changes in the structure of poverty and income distribution in the Brazilian economy. The simulated effects on poverty and income distribution are positive, but rather small. The benefits are concentrated in the poorest households.
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