Agricultural Trade Reform and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries

Agricultural Trade Reform and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries

The author offers an economic assessment of the opportunities and challenges provided by the World Trade Organization's Doha Development Agenda, particularly through agricultural trade liberalization, for low-income countries seeking to trade...

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Main Author:	Anderson, Kym
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PROTECTION AGRICULTURAL TRADE AGRICULTURE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK CAPACITY BUILDING COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE CONSUMERS CUSTOMS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIRECT PAYMENTS DUMPING EAST ASIA ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC WELFARE ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELASTICITY EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL STUDIES ENDOWMENTS EQUILIBRIUM EROSION EXCHANGE RATE EXPENDITURE EXPORTS EXTREME POVERTY FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOOD POLICIES FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD PRODUCTS FREE TRADE FRUITS FULL EMPLOYMENT GDP GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES HUMAN CAPITAL IMPERFECT COMPETITION IMPORT PRICES IMPORT QUOTAS IMPORTS INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INDUSTRIALIZATION INTERMEDIATE INPUTS INTERNATIONAL MARKET INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT FUNDS MARGINS MARKET DISTORTIONS MINING MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION MULTILATERAL TRADE MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS PETROLEUM POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY LINE PRICE CHANGES PRICE FLUCTUATIONS PRODUCERS PRODUCT MARKETS PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROTECTIONISM PURCHASES RECIPROCITY RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESOURCE USE RURAL HOUSEHOLDS SAVINGS SETTLEMENT TAXATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS TERMS OF TRADE TRADE BALANCE TRADE BARRIERS TRADE DIVERSION TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE NEGOTIATIONS TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY TRADE REFORM TRADE TAXES UNEMPLOYMENT URUGUAY ROUND WAGES WELFARE GAINS WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/09/5133197/agricultural-trade-reform-poverty-reduction-developing-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14133

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Summary:	The author offers an economic assessment of the opportunities and challenges provided by the World Trade Organization's Doha Development Agenda, particularly through agricultural trade liberalization, for low-income countries seeking to trade their way out of poverty. After discussing links between poverty, economic growth, and trade, he reports modeling results showing that farm product markets remain the most costly of all goods market distortions in world trade. The author focuses on what such reform might mean for developing countries both with and without their involvement in the multilateral trade negotiations. What becomes clear is that if those countries want to maximize their benefits from the Doha round, they need also to free up their own domestic product and factor markets so their farmers are better able to take advantage of new market opportunities abroad. The author also addresses other concerns of low-income countries about farm trade reform: whether there would be losses associated with tariff preference erosion, whether food-importing countries would suffer from higher food prices in international markets, whether China's WTO accession will provide an example of trade reform aggravating poverty by way of cuts in prices received by Chinese farmers, and the impact on food security and poverty alleviation.