Research Catalog

Title

Globalisation and Poverty Changes in Colombia [electronic resource] / Maurizio Bussolo and Jann Lay

Author

Bussolo, Maurizio.

Publication

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2003.

Details

Additional Authors

Lay, Jann.

Description

50 p.; 21 x 29.7cm.

Summary

Assessing the final impact of globalisation on poverty is a difficult task: i) globalisation affects poverty through numerous channels; ii) some linkages are positive and some are negative and therefore cannot be analysed qualitatively but require quantitative assessments, i.e. formal numerical models; and iii) trade expansion and growth (key aspects of globalisation) are essentially macro phenomena, whereas poverty is fundamentally a micro phenomenon. In this paper we use a new method that combines a micro-simulation model and a standard CGE model. These two models are used in a sequential fashion (as in a recent paper by Robilliard et al., 2002). The CGE model and the micro-simulation model are calibrated using a recent SAM and household survey for Colombia and together they capture the structural features of the economy and its detailed income generation mechanisms. We use this framework to analyse the important income distribution and poverty changes occurred with the great ...

Series Statement

OECD Development Centre Working Papers, 1815-1949 ; no.226

Uniform Title

OECD Development Centre Working Papers, no.226.

Subject

• Development
• Colombia

LCCN

10.1787/652528552076

OCLC

oecd-lib-001557

Author

Bussolo, Maurizio.

Title

Globalisation and Poverty Changes in Colombia [electronic resource] / Maurizio Bussolo and Jann Lay

Imprint

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2003.

Series

OECD Development Centre Working Papers, 1815-1949 ; no.226

OECD Development Centre Working Papers, 1815-1949 ; no.226.

Connect to:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/652528552076

Indexed Term

Development

Colombia

Added Author

Lay, Jann.

Other Standard Identifier

10.1787/652528552076 doi