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Agricultural incentives, growth and poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean: cross-country evidence for the period 1960-2005. Did trade liberalization increase the incomes of the poorest?
(2011-08)This study focuses on the link between agricultural trade openness and the sector's performance, an improvement in which could have significant impacts on poverty reduction. We emphasize Latin America, during the 1960-2005, using a recently constructed data base of agricultural support Nominal and Relative Rates of Assistance (NRA and RRA) that ... -
Analysis of the effects of trade opening on household welfare: an application to Chile, 1999-2006
(2011-06)We conduct an ex-post analysis of the effects of trade policy changes on poverty and income distribution in Chile between 1999 and 2006. We follow the methodology developed by Porto (2006) and Nicita (2009), both of whom identify three channels of transmission through which a change in trade policy variables (e.g., tariffs) affects the welfare of ... -
Policy alternatives and strategies for the Plurinational State of Bolivia following the end of trade preferences
(2011-09)The governments of Latin America and the Caribbean have made trade-building efforts a key part of their development agenda, given the broad consensus on the important role played by trade in development policy. Although trade is known to provide opportunities to increase the income of the poor, opening up these opportunities depends on a range of ... -
The rise in global demand for ethanol and poverty in Brazil
(2011-06)Brazil has traditionally been one of the most important sugarcane and ethanol producers in the world producing fuel ethanol on a large scale starting since 1975. In the 1990s, however, competition for resources from the sugar producers led to a rationing of ethanol and a decline in consumption. This lasted until 2003, when the scenario changed ... -
Trade and poverty in Paraguay: the case of an agribusiness value chain
(2011-08)We propose a methodology involving surveys carried out among a group of small producers linked to a cooperative (Capiibary) to analyse the link between trade and poverty via the inclusion of small family farmers in a value chain headed by a large exporter in Paraguay, Frutika, to which they sell their output of passion fruit (mburucuyá) and other ...
