Global trade and poor nations : the poverty impacts and policy implications of liberalization / Bernard Hoekman, Marcelo Olarreaga, editors.

Other author Hoekman, Bernard M., 1959-
Other author Olarreaga, M. (Marcelo)
Format Book
Publication InfoWashington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press ; Paris : Groupe D'Economie Mondiale, Sciences Po ; New Haven, Conn. : Center for the Study of Globalization, Yale University, ©2007.
Descriptionviii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
International trade.
Commercial policy.
Poverty--Developing countries.
Developing countries--Commerce.

Contents Foreword / Patrick Messerlin and Ernesto Zedillo -- Introduction / Ernesto Zedillo -- The challenges to reducing poverty through trade reform : overview / Bernard Hoekman and Marcelo Olarreaga -- Estimating the effects of global trade reform / Hiau Looi Kee, Alessandro Nicita, and Marcelo Olarreaga -- Ethiopia / Alessandro Nicita -- Madagascar / Alessandro Nicita -- Zambia / Jorge F. Balat, Irene Brambilla, and Guido G. Porto -- Cambodia / Isidro Soloaga -- Vietnam / Aylin Işik-Dikmelik -- Bolivia / Gabriel Lara and Isidro Soloaga -- Nicaragua / Ania I. Gómez and Isidro Soloaga -- Development, and trade agreements : beyond market access / Bernard Hoekman.
Abstract "Assesses the impact of reformed trade policies on the poorest of the poor from a spectrum of poor nations across different regions. Provides guidelines regarding the likely impacts of a global trade reform, utilizing a methodology that combines information to capture effects at the macro level and in individual households"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2007016124
ISBN9780815736714 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0815736711 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HF1379 .G586 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold