Implications of WTO Agreements and Unilateral Trade Policy Reforms for Poverty in Bangladesh : Short versus Long-Run Impacts

The authors examine the effects of WTO agreements and domestic trade policy reforms on production, welfare, and poverty in Bangladesh. They use a sequential dynamic computable general equilibrium (CGE) model, which takes into account accumulation effects, allowing for long-run analysis. The study is...

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Main Authors:	Annabi, Nabil, Khondker, Bazlul, Raihan, Selim, Cockburn, John, Decaluwe, Bernard
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCUMULATION RATE AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRICES AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL SECTORS AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT AGRICULTURAL TRADE AGRICULTURAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION AGRICULTURE AVERAGE TARIFF BASKET OF GOODS CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL INCREASE CAPITAL STOCK CHANGES IN POVERTY COMMERCIAL CROPS CONSTANT ELASTICITY OF TRANSFORMATION CONSUMER PRICE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMER PRICE INDICES CONSUMER PRICES CONSUMERS CONSUMPTION LEVELS COST OF LIVING COTTON PRODUCTION COUNTERFACTUAL CURRENCY CURRENT ACCOUNT CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE DEBT DEMAND CURVE DEMAND FUNCTION DEVALUATION DIVIDENDS DOMESTIC DEMAND DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC PRICE OF IMPORTS DOMESTIC PRICES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICIES ELASTICITY ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES EXCHANGE RATE REGIME EXPENDITURE EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT MARKET EXPORT ORIENTATION EXPORT PRICES EXPORT SUBSIDIES EXPORT TAXES EXPORTS EXTERNAL TRADE FACTOR MARKETS FACTORS OF PRODUCTION FARMERS FOOD GRAINS FOOD PRICES FOOD PROCESSING FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN EXCHANGE FREE TRADE FULL LIBERALIZATION FULL TRADE LIBERALIZATION GLOBAL FREE TRADE GLOBAL TRADE GROWTH RATE HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPERFECT SUBSTITUTES IMPORT COMPETITION IMPORT DUTY IMPORT PENETRATION IMPORT PRICES INCOME INCOME EFFECTS INCOME GAINS INCOME SHARES INCOME TAXES INEQUALITY INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE INTERNATIONAL MARKET LANDLESS HOUSEHOLDS LOST TARIFF REVENUES MARKETING NATIONAL INCOME NOMINAL INCOME OPTIMIZATION POOR POOR HOUSEHOLDS POORER HOUSEHOLD POORER HOUSEHOLDS POSITIVE EFFECTS POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY GAP POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY INDICES POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION PRICE INCREASES QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS REAL GDP REAL INTEREST RATE RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL INCOMES SALES SAVINGS SMALL FARMER SMALL FARMERS STOCKS SUBSTITUTE SUBSTITUTION TARIFF RATE TARIFF RATES TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TERMS OF TRADE TEXTILE IMPORTS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE MODELS TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY TRANSFERS UNILATERAL TRADE UNILATERAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION UNILATERAL TRADE POLICY UNSKILLED LABOR UNSKILLED WORKERS URUGUAY ROUND UTILITY FUNCTION VALUE ADDED WAGE RATES WAGES WELFARE GAINS WELFARE IMPACTS WELFARE LOSSES WORLD MARKET WORLD PRICES WORLD TRADE WTO
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/08/6951154/implications-wto-agreements-unilateral-trade-policy-reforms-poverty-bangladesh-short-versus-long-run-impacts http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8370

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Implications of WTO Agreements and Unilateral Trade Policy Reforms for Poverty in Bangladesh : Short versus Long-Run Impacts

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