Can Trade Reduce Poverty in Africa?

While most economists accept that, in the long run, open economies fare better in aggregate than closed ones, many fears that trade could harm the poor. African countries, for example, have realized significant improvements in trade liberalization...

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Main Authors:	Le Goff, Maëlan, Singh, Rajun Jan
Format:	Brief
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	AGRICULTURE BARRIERS TO ENTRY BENEFITS OF TRADE CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL GOODS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITION POLICY COUNTRY CHARACTERISTICS COUNTRY RISK DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC LITERATURE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC STUDIES ECONOMIC VOLATILITY ECONOMICS EDUCATION LEVEL FACTORS OF PRODUCTION FINANCIAL DEPTH FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SECTORS FOREIGN COMPETITION FOREIGN INVESTORS GDP GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL EXPORTS GLOBAL TRADE GLOBALIZATION GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH RATE HUMAN CAPITAL IMPACT OF TRADE IMPORT BANS IMPORTS IMPROVING GOVERNANCE INCOME INCOMES INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT CLIMATE LABOR MARKET LONG RUN MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MONETARY ECONOMICS NATURAL RESOURCES OPEN ECONOMIES OPEN TRADE REGIMES POLICY REFORMS POLICY RESEARCH POOR COUNTRIES POOR PEOPLE POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIVATE SECTOR CREDIT PRO-POOR PROPERTY RIGHTS REAL INCOME RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESTRICTIVE RULES OF ORIGIN SIGNIFICANT IMPACT SPECIALIZATION TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS TRADE EFFECTS TRADE FACILITATION TRADE INTEGRATION TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE OPENING TRADE OPENNESS TRADE POLICIES TRADE PROTECTION TRADE REFORMS TRADE REGIME TRADE RESTRICTIONS UNSKILLED LABOR UNSKILLED WORKERS WAGE INEQUALITY WAGE STRUCTURE WTO
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Can Trade Reduce Poverty in Africa?

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