Do Regional Trade Pacts Benefit the Poor? An Illustration from Dominican Republic--Central American Free Trade Agreement in Nicaragua

This paper provides an ex-ante assessment of the poverty and income distribution impacts of the Central American Free Trade Area agreement on Nicaragua. A general equilibrium macro model is used to simulate trade reform scenarios and estimate their price effects, while a micro module maps these pric...

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Main Authors:	Bussolo, Maurizio, Niimi, Yoko
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions D310 Economic Integration F150 Trade and Labor Market Interactions F160 Measurement and Analysis of Poverty I320 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 International Linkages to Development Role of International Organizations O190 Development Planning and Policy: Trade Policy Factor Movement Foreign Exchange Policy O240
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spelling	okr-10986-54752021-04-23T14:02:22Z Do Regional Trade Pacts Benefit the Poor? An Illustration from Dominican Republic--Central American Free Trade Agreement in Nicaragua Bussolo, Maurizio Niimi, Yoko Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions D310 Economic Integration F150 Trade and Labor Market Interactions F160 Measurement and Analysis of Poverty I320 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 International Linkages to Development Role of International Organizations O190 Development Planning and Policy: Trade Policy Factor Movement Foreign Exchange Policy O240 This paper provides an ex-ante assessment of the poverty and income distribution impacts of the Central American Free Trade Area agreement on Nicaragua. A general equilibrium macro model is used to simulate trade reform scenarios and estimate their price effects, while a micro module maps these price changes into real income changes at the individual household level. The final impact on poverty is not too large, but its dispersion across households is significant and should be considered when designing compensatory policies. A main policy message is that Nicaragua should consider enlarging its own liberalization to countries other than the United States to boost trade-induced poverty reductions. 2012-03-30T07:33:00Z 2012-03-30T07:33:00Z 2009 Journal Article World Development 0305750X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5475 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Nicaragua
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description	This paper provides an ex-ante assessment of the poverty and income distribution impacts of the Central American Free Trade Area agreement on Nicaragua. A general equilibrium macro model is used to simulate trade reform scenarios and estimate their price effects, while a micro module maps these price changes into real income changes at the individual household level. The final impact on poverty is not too large, but its dispersion across households is significant and should be considered when designing compensatory policies. A main policy message is that Nicaragua should consider enlarging its own liberalization to countries other than the United States to boost trade-induced poverty reductions.
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author	Bussolo, Maurizio Niimi, Yoko
author_facet	Bussolo, Maurizio Niimi, Yoko
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title	Do Regional Trade Pacts Benefit the Poor? An Illustration from Dominican Republic--Central American Free Trade Agreement in Nicaragua
title_short	Do Regional Trade Pacts Benefit the Poor? An Illustration from Dominican Republic--Central American Free Trade Agreement in Nicaragua
title_full	Do Regional Trade Pacts Benefit the Poor? An Illustration from Dominican Republic--Central American Free Trade Agreement in Nicaragua
title_fullStr	Do Regional Trade Pacts Benefit the Poor? An Illustration from Dominican Republic--Central American Free Trade Agreement in Nicaragua
title_full_unstemmed	Do Regional Trade Pacts Benefit the Poor? An Illustration from Dominican Republic--Central American Free Trade Agreement in Nicaragua
title_sort	do regional trade pacts benefit the poor? an illustration from dominican republic--central american free trade agreement in nicaragua
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Do Regional Trade Pacts Benefit the Poor? An Illustration from Dominican Republic--Central American Free Trade Agreement in Nicaragua

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