Poverty impacts of trade liberalisation
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- Resisting neo-liberal policies in India: a series of critical articles
- ( Focus on the Global South , 2007)
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It is predicted that India will be one of the economic powerhouses of the twenty-first century, with the current government focusing on the corporate sector. This collection of articles argues that...
- How would liberalisation of agriculture affect Indian farmers?
- ( S. Mittal / , 2007)
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This paper examines the possible impact of liberalisation of agriculture trade on small holder farmers in India. The paper analyses the impacts of removing agriculture subsidies in the European Uni...
- Has CAFTA helped or hindered Guatemala?
- ( U. Mazzei / Center for International Policy , 2007)
- In 2005 Guatemala signed onto the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) with the US. This report assesses the impact CAFTA has had on the Guatemalan economy. ...
- Liberalisation will not cut poverty in Near East and North Africa
- ( N. Minot;M. Chemingui;M. Thomas / International Fund for Agricultural Development , 2007)
- Some argue that free trade is good for poverty reduction. This report examines the impact of trade liberalisation on small farmers and other poor households in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) re...
- Liberalisation raises informal sector wages in India
- ( S. Marjit;S. Kar / Poverty and Economic Policy Network , 2007)
- According to conventional wisdom, economic reform is likely to reduce informal sector wages.This paper examines the contrary case of post-liberalisation India where real wages in the informal manufact...
- How can workers' conditions be improved in the Pearl River Delta?
- ( China Labor Watch , 2007)
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This paper reports on an extended research project following on from a study conducted in 2005. It focuses on a survey study based on interviews with 260 injured workers from the Shenzhen metropoli...
- Assessing the effectiveness of the computable general equilibrium approach in the context of trade liberalisation
- ( C. Kirkpatrick; S. Scrieciu / Institute for Development Policy and Management, Manchester , 2006)
- This paper provides a critical assessment of methods used to measure the potential impact of trade liberalisation on poverty. In particular, the report assesses the Computable General Equilibrium (CGE...
- Analysis of the World Bank's contribution to feer trade in developing countries, 1987-2004
- ( World Bank , 2006)
- This report analyses the Bank's contribution to freer trade in developing countries and makes concrete recommendations on how to boost trade opportunities to better alleviate poverty in the future. Be...
- Liberalisation: for richer or for poorer?
- ( B.K. Pradhan; S. Amarendra / Poverty and Economic Policy Network , 2006)
- With the 1990s heralding the onset of the structural adjustment era, the Indian economy underwent major policy changes. The biggest challenge of India’s economic reform programme has been the liberali...
- Impacts of trade liberalisation on children and young people in Peru and Ethiopia
- ( P. Pereznieto; N. Jones / Young Lives , 2005)
- This brief looks at the ways in which trade liberalisation can impact on children, and uses two case studies, Peru and Ethiopia, to verify how these impacts play out in practice. The paper argues that...
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