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
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/09/5133197/agricultural-trade-reform-poverty-reduction-developing-countries
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spelling okr-10986-141332021-04-23T14:03:21Z Agricultural Trade Reform and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries Anderson, Kym 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 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. 2013-06-24T13:49:26Z 2013-06-24T13:49:26Z 2004-09 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/09/5133197/agricultural-trade-reform-poverty-reduction-developing-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14133 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No.3396 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, D.C. Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific China
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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
Anderson, Kym
Agricultural Trade Reform and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
China
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No.3396
description 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.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Anderson, Kym
author_facet Anderson, Kym
author_sort Anderson, Kym
title Agricultural Trade Reform and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries
title_short Agricultural Trade Reform and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries
title_full Agricultural Trade Reform and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries
title_fullStr Agricultural Trade Reform and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries
title_full_unstemmed Agricultural Trade Reform and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries
title_sort agricultural trade reform and poverty reduction in developing countries
publisher World Bank, Washington, D.C.
publishDate 2013
url 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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