Global Income Distribution and Poverty in the Absence of Agricultural Distortions

This paper assesses the potential impacts of the removal of agriculture trade distortions using a newly developed dataset and methodological approach for evaluating the global poverty and inequality effects of policy reforms. It finds that liberali...

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Main Authors: Bussolo, Maurizio, De Hoyos, Rafael, Medvedev, Denis
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
GDP
WTO
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topic AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES
AGRICULTURAL INCOMES
AGRICULTURAL LIBERALIZATION
AGRICULTURAL POPULATION
AGRICULTURAL PRICES
AGRICULTURAL PRICING
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
AGRICULTURAL SECTORS
AGRICULTURAL TRADE
AGRICULTURAL WAGE
AGRICULTURE
AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME
AVERAGE INCOME
AVERAGE INCOMES
BASE YEAR
CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
COMPETITIVENESS
CONSUMER PREFERENCES
CONSUMER PRICES
CONSUMERS
CONSUMPTION
CONSUMPTION DATA
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE
CONSUMPTION INCREASES
CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA
COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS
DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING REGIONS
DEVELOPING WORLD
DEVELOPMENT
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DISTRIBUTION
DISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGES
DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECT
DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS
DOLLAR POVERTY INCIDENCE
ECONOMIC EXPANSION
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
ECONOMIC POLICIES
ECONOMIC POLICY
ECONOMIC THEORY
ECONOMIC TRENDS
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
EMPIRICAL APPLICATION
EMPIRICAL LITERATURE
EMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTURE
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATES
EXOGENOUS CHANGES
EXPORT MARKETS
EXPORT SUBSIDIES
EXPORT TAXES
EXPORTS
EXTREME POVERTY
EXTREME POVERTY LINE
FACTOR PRICES
FARM HOUSEHOLDS
FARM LABOR
FARMERS
FOOD CONSUMPTION
FOOD MARKETS
FOOD PRICES
FOOD PRODUCTS
GDP
GDP DEFLATOR
GINI COEFFICIENT
GINI INDEX
GLOBAL ECONOMY
GLOBAL LEVEL
GLOBAL POPULATION
GLOBAL POVERTY
GLOBAL VIEW
GOODS
GROUP INEQUALITY
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
HEAD COUNT RATIO
HIGH INCOME COUNTRIES
HIGHER INEQUALITY
HOUSEHOLD HEAD
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD INCOMES
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD PER CAPITA INCOME
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
IMPORT TARIFFS
INCENTIVES
INCIDENCE OF POVERTY
INCOME
INCOME DATA
INCOME DISPARITIES
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME DISTRIBUTION DATA
INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS
INCOME GAINS
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME LEVELS
INCOME REDISTRIBUTION
INCOME SHARES
INCOME SOURCE
INCOMES CHANGE
INCOMES INCREASE
INCREASED INEQUALITY
INEQUALITY CHANGES
INEQUALITY DECOMPOSITION
INEQUALITY MEASURE
INEQUALITY OUTCOMES
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
LABOR MARKET
LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MACROECONOMIC OUTCOMES
MEAN INCOMES
MEASUREMENT
MEASUREMENT ERRORS
MICRO DATA
MICRO MODEL
MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
MINORITY
MULTILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS
MULTILATERAL TRADE
NATIONAL INCOME
NATIONALS
NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP
OUTCOMES
PAYMENTS
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
PER CAPITA INCOME
PER-CAPITA INCOME
POLICIES
POLICY INTERVENTIONS
POLICY MESSAGES
POLICY REFORM
POLICY REFORMS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POOR GROWTH
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POOR PEOPLE
POPULATION
POPULATION GROUP
POPULATION SIZE
POPULATION SUBGROUPS
POPULATIONS
POPULOUS COUNTRY
POST-REFORM
POVERTY CHANGES
POVERTY COMPARISONS
POVERTY ERADICATION
POVERTY INCIDENCE
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY LINES
POVERTY OUTCOMES
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRICE INCREASES
PRICES
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRO-POOR
PRO-POOR GROWTH
PRODUCT
PRODUCTION COSTS
PROGRESS
PUBLIC GOODS
PURCHASING POWER
PURCHASING POWER PARITY
REAL GDP
REAL INCOME
REAL INCOMES
REAL WAGE
REAL WAGES
REDISTRIBUTIVE EFFECTS
REDUCTION IN POVERTY
REGIONAL DIFFERENCES
REGIONAL GROWTH
REGIONAL LEVEL
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
RELATIVE WAGES
RESPECT
SECTORAL COMPOSITION
SKILL LEVEL
SKILLED WORKERS
STRUCTURAL CHANGE
TAXES
TRADE
TRADE BARRIERS
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
TRADE POLICY
UNEQUAL COUNTRIES
UNSKILLED LABOR
URBAN BIAS
URUGUAY ROUND
USE PER CAPITA
UTILITY
UTILITY FUNCTION
VALUE
VALUE ADDED
VARIABLES
VIRGIN
WAGES
WELFARE
WELFARE INDICATOR
WELFARE MEASURE
WOMAN
WORLD POPULATION
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
WTO
spellingShingle AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES
AGRICULTURAL INCOMES
AGRICULTURAL LIBERALIZATION
AGRICULTURAL POPULATION
AGRICULTURAL PRICES
AGRICULTURAL PRICING
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
AGRICULTURAL SECTORS
AGRICULTURAL TRADE
AGRICULTURAL WAGE
AGRICULTURE
AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME
AVERAGE INCOME
AVERAGE INCOMES
BASE YEAR
CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
COMPETITIVENESS
CONSUMER PREFERENCES
CONSUMER PRICES
CONSUMERS
CONSUMPTION
CONSUMPTION DATA
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE
CONSUMPTION INCREASES
CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA
COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS
DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING REGIONS
DEVELOPING WORLD
DEVELOPMENT
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DISTRIBUTION
DISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGES
DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECT
DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS
DOLLAR POVERTY INCIDENCE
ECONOMIC EXPANSION
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
ECONOMIC POLICIES
ECONOMIC POLICY
ECONOMIC THEORY
ECONOMIC TRENDS
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
EMPIRICAL APPLICATION
EMPIRICAL LITERATURE
EMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTURE
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATES
EXOGENOUS CHANGES
EXPORT MARKETS
EXPORT SUBSIDIES
EXPORT TAXES
EXPORTS
EXTREME POVERTY
EXTREME POVERTY LINE
FACTOR PRICES
FARM HOUSEHOLDS
FARM LABOR
FARMERS
FOOD CONSUMPTION
FOOD MARKETS
FOOD PRICES
FOOD PRODUCTS
GDP
GDP DEFLATOR
GINI COEFFICIENT
GINI INDEX
GLOBAL ECONOMY
GLOBAL LEVEL
GLOBAL POPULATION
GLOBAL POVERTY
GLOBAL VIEW
GOODS
GROUP INEQUALITY
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
HEAD COUNT RATIO
HIGH INCOME COUNTRIES
HIGHER INEQUALITY
HOUSEHOLD HEAD
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD INCOMES
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD PER CAPITA INCOME
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
IMPORT TARIFFS
INCENTIVES
INCIDENCE OF POVERTY
INCOME
INCOME DATA
INCOME DISPARITIES
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME DISTRIBUTION DATA
INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS
INCOME GAINS
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME LEVELS
INCOME REDISTRIBUTION
INCOME SHARES
INCOME SOURCE
INCOMES CHANGE
INCOMES INCREASE
INCREASED INEQUALITY
INEQUALITY CHANGES
INEQUALITY DECOMPOSITION
INEQUALITY MEASURE
INEQUALITY OUTCOMES
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
LABOR MARKET
LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MACROECONOMIC OUTCOMES
MEAN INCOMES
MEASUREMENT
MEASUREMENT ERRORS
MICRO DATA
MICRO MODEL
MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
MINORITY
MULTILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS
MULTILATERAL TRADE
NATIONAL INCOME
NATIONALS
NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP
OUTCOMES
PAYMENTS
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
PER CAPITA INCOME
PER-CAPITA INCOME
POLICIES
POLICY INTERVENTIONS
POLICY MESSAGES
POLICY REFORM
POLICY REFORMS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POOR GROWTH
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POOR PEOPLE
POPULATION
POPULATION GROUP
POPULATION SIZE
POPULATION SUBGROUPS
POPULATIONS
POPULOUS COUNTRY
POST-REFORM
POVERTY CHANGES
POVERTY COMPARISONS
POVERTY ERADICATION
POVERTY INCIDENCE
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY LINES
POVERTY OUTCOMES
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRICE INCREASES
PRICES
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRO-POOR
PRO-POOR GROWTH
PRODUCT
PRODUCTION COSTS
PROGRESS
PUBLIC GOODS
PURCHASING POWER
PURCHASING POWER PARITY
REAL GDP
REAL INCOME
REAL INCOMES
REAL WAGE
REAL WAGES
REDISTRIBUTIVE EFFECTS
REDUCTION IN POVERTY
REGIONAL DIFFERENCES
REGIONAL GROWTH
REGIONAL LEVEL
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
RELATIVE WAGES
RESPECT
SECTORAL COMPOSITION
SKILL LEVEL
SKILLED WORKERS
STRUCTURAL CHANGE
TAXES
TRADE
TRADE BARRIERS
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
TRADE POLICY
UNEQUAL COUNTRIES
UNSKILLED LABOR
URBAN BIAS
URUGUAY ROUND
USE PER CAPITA
UTILITY
UTILITY FUNCTION
VALUE
VALUE ADDED
VARIABLES
VIRGIN
WAGES
WELFARE
WELFARE INDICATOR
WELFARE MEASURE
WOMAN
WORLD POPULATION
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
WTO
Bussolo, Maurizio
De Hoyos, Rafael
Medvedev, Denis
Global Income Distribution and Poverty in the Absence of Agricultural Distortions
geographic_facet The World Region
relation Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4849
description This paper assesses the potential impacts of the removal of agriculture trade distortions using a newly developed dataset and methodological approach for evaluating the global poverty and inequality effects of policy reforms. It finds that liberalization of agriculture and food could increase global extreme poverty (US$1 a day) by 0.2 percent and lower moderate poverty (US$2 a day) by 0.3 percent. Beneath these small aggregate changes, most countries witness a substantial reduction in poverty while South Asia-where half of the world's poor reside-experiences an increase in extreme poverty incidence due to high rates of protection afforded to unskilled-intensive agricultural sectors. The distributional changes are likely to be mild, but exhibit a strong regional pattern. Inequality is likely to fall in regions such as Latin America, which are characterized by high initial inequality, and rise in regions like South Asia, characterized by low initial inequality.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Bussolo, Maurizio
De Hoyos, Rafael
Medvedev, Denis
author_facet Bussolo, Maurizio
De Hoyos, Rafael
Medvedev, Denis
author_sort Bussolo, Maurizio
title Global Income Distribution and Poverty in the Absence of Agricultural Distortions
title_short Global Income Distribution and Poverty in the Absence of Agricultural Distortions
title_full Global Income Distribution and Poverty in the Absence of Agricultural Distortions
title_fullStr Global Income Distribution and Poverty in the Absence of Agricultural Distortions
title_full_unstemmed Global Income Distribution and Poverty in the Absence of Agricultural Distortions
title_sort global income distribution and poverty in the absence of agricultural distortions
publishDate 2012
url http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090302125636
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4045
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spelling okr-10986-40452021-04-23T14:02:14Z Global Income Distribution and Poverty in the Absence of Agricultural Distortions Bussolo, Maurizio De Hoyos, Rafael Medvedev, Denis AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL INCOMES AGRICULTURAL LIBERALIZATION AGRICULTURAL POPULATION AGRICULTURAL PRICES AGRICULTURAL PRICING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL SECTORS AGRICULTURAL TRADE AGRICULTURAL WAGE AGRICULTURE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME AVERAGE INCOME AVERAGE INCOMES BASE YEAR CAPITAL ACCUMULATION COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMER PREFERENCES CONSUMER PRICES CONSUMERS CONSUMPTION CONSUMPTION DATA CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE CONSUMPTION INCREASES CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING REGIONS DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISTRIBUTION DISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGES DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECT DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS DOLLAR POVERTY INCIDENCE ECONOMIC EXPANSION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMIC TRENDS EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL APPLICATION EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTURE EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXOGENOUS CHANGES EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT SUBSIDIES EXPORT TAXES EXPORTS EXTREME POVERTY EXTREME POVERTY LINE FACTOR PRICES FARM HOUSEHOLDS FARM LABOR FARMERS FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD MARKETS FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCTS GDP GDP DEFLATOR GINI COEFFICIENT GINI INDEX GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL LEVEL GLOBAL POPULATION GLOBAL POVERTY GLOBAL VIEW GOODS GROUP INEQUALITY GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HEAD COUNT RATIO HIGH INCOME COUNTRIES HIGHER INEQUALITY HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD PER CAPITA INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE IMPORT TARIFFS INCENTIVES INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME INCOME DATA INCOME DISPARITIES INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME DISTRIBUTION DATA INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS INCOME GAINS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVELS INCOME REDISTRIBUTION INCOME SHARES INCOME SOURCE INCOMES CHANGE INCOMES INCREASE INCREASED INEQUALITY INEQUALITY CHANGES INEQUALITY DECOMPOSITION INEQUALITY MEASURE INEQUALITY OUTCOMES INTERNATIONAL TRADE LABOR MARKET LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MACROECONOMIC OUTCOMES MEAN INCOMES MEASUREMENT MEASUREMENT ERRORS MICRO DATA MICRO MODEL MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINORITY MULTILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS MULTILATERAL TRADE NATIONAL INCOME NATIONALS NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP OUTCOMES PAYMENTS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA INCOME PER-CAPITA INCOME POLICIES POLICY INTERVENTIONS POLICY MESSAGES POLICY REFORM POLICY REFORMS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR GROWTH POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POPULATION POPULATION GROUP POPULATION SIZE POPULATION SUBGROUPS POPULATIONS POPULOUS COUNTRY POST-REFORM POVERTY CHANGES POVERTY COMPARISONS POVERTY ERADICATION POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY OUTCOMES POVERTY REDUCTION PRICE INCREASES PRICES PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRO-POOR PRO-POOR GROWTH PRODUCT PRODUCTION COSTS PROGRESS PUBLIC GOODS PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY REAL GDP REAL INCOME REAL INCOMES REAL WAGE REAL WAGES REDISTRIBUTIVE EFFECTS REDUCTION IN POVERTY REGIONAL DIFFERENCES REGIONAL GROWTH REGIONAL LEVEL REGRESSION ANALYSIS RELATIVE WAGES RESPECT SECTORAL COMPOSITION SKILL LEVEL SKILLED WORKERS STRUCTURAL CHANGE TAXES TRADE TRADE BARRIERS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE NEGOTIATIONS TRADE POLICY UNEQUAL COUNTRIES UNSKILLED LABOR URBAN BIAS URUGUAY ROUND USE PER CAPITA UTILITY UTILITY FUNCTION VALUE VALUE ADDED VARIABLES VIRGIN WAGES WELFARE WELFARE INDICATOR WELFARE MEASURE WOMAN WORLD POPULATION WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO This paper assesses the potential impacts of the removal of agriculture trade distortions using a newly developed dataset and methodological approach for evaluating the global poverty and inequality effects of policy reforms. It finds that liberalization of agriculture and food could increase global extreme poverty (US$1 a day) by 0.2 percent and lower moderate poverty (US$2 a day) by 0.3 percent. Beneath these small aggregate changes, most countries witness a substantial reduction in poverty while South Asia-where half of the world's poor reside-experiences an increase in extreme poverty incidence due to high rates of protection afforded to unskilled-intensive agricultural sectors. The distributional changes are likely to be mild, but exhibit a strong regional pattern. Inequality is likely to fall in regions such as Latin America, which are characterized by high initial inequality, and rise in regions like South Asia, characterized by low initial inequality. 2012-03-19T19:09:00Z 2012-03-19T19:09:00Z 2009-03-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090302125636 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4045 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4849 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper The World Region