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    The effects of the Colombian trade liberalisation on urban poverty

    National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2004
    Focusing exclusively on the urban sector in Colombia, this paper aims at establishing a link between trade liberalisation and poverty reduction.
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    Trade liberalisation, poverty and inequality: evidence from Indian districts

    National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2004
    This paper investigates the impact of trade reforms on poverty and inequality in Indian districts. It explores the question whether trade liberalisation affects everyone equally or whether it helps those who are already relatively well off while leaving the poor behind.
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    The environmental costs of agricultural trade liberalisation: Mexico-U.S. maize trade under NAFTA

    Heinrich Boell Foundation, 2004
    This paper examines the environmental implications of tripling US maize exports to Mexico, following massive tariff reductions under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
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    Trade, environment and development: the Brazilian experience

    Heinrich Boell Foundation, 2004
    This paper explores the relationship between trade, environment and development in Brazil.
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    The trade, debt and finance nexus: at the cross-roads of micro- and macroeconomics

    World Trade Organization, 2004
    This paper seeks to provide some clarification of the complex relationship between trade, debt and finance, and how the WTO is part of a national and international effort to address some of the challenges raised by these relationships.The paper finds that there are a few areas of concern that should be addressed to the WTO:trade liberalisation as a source of growthfurther examinatio
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    Looking beyond averages in the trade and poverty debate

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2004
    Using both a both macro and a micro empirical approach, the paper assesses how much poor people in developing countries gain from trade openness. The macro lens uses cross-country comparisons and aggregate time series data; the micro lens uses household-level data combined with structural modelling of the impacts of specific trade reforms.
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    Agricultural trade reform and poverty reduction in developing countries

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2004
    This paper assesses the opportunities and challenges provided by the WTO’s Doha Development Agenda, particularly with regards to agricultural trade liberalisation and its impact on trade of low-income countries. Observations of the study include:consumers in developed countries are more concerned with food safety and the environment than with the price-raising effect of agricultural pro
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    Liberalisation of rural poverty: the Indian experience

    Centre for Development Studies, Kerala, India, 2004
    The generally accepted major goals of economic policy in India have been growth, price stability, and economic justice. A price rise signifies a fall in purchasing power, if there is no commensurate increase in income. Price rises hurt the poor more and harm the goal of social justice.
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    The TDCA, EPAs and Southern African regionalism

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2004
    This paper looks at the potential problem that EPAs (Economic Partnership Agreements) may create a division in the Southern African region.
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    The paradox of agricultural subsidies: measurement issues, agricultural dumping and policy reform

    Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University, 2004
    This paper examines the economic and policy aspects of agricultural subsidies. The paper focuses on the most widely used measure of agricultural support, the OECD’s Producer Support Estimate.

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