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Title

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

Publication

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2007], ©2007.

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Additional Authors

• Hoekman, Bernard M., 1959-
• Olarreaga, M. (Marcelo)

Description

viii, 254 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"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.

Subjects

• International trade
• Poverty > Developing countries
• Developing countries > Commerce
• Commercial policy

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Pt. 1. The Doha agenda -- 1. The challenges to reducing poverty through trade reform : overview / Bernard Hoekman and Marcelo Olarreaga -- 2. Estimating the effects of global trade reform / Hiau Looi Kee, Alessandro Nicita and Marcelo Olarreaga -- Pt. 2. Country studies -- 3. Ethiopia / Alessandro Nicita -- 4. Madagascar / Alessandro Nicita -- 5. Zambia / Jorge F. Balat, Irene Brambilla and Guido G. Porto -- 6. Cambodia / Isidro Soloaga -- 7. Vietnam / Aylin Isik-Dikmelik -- 8. Bolivia / Gabriel Lara and Isidro Soloaga -- 9. Nicaragua / Ania I. Gomez and Isidro Soloaga -- Pt. 3. Policy implications -- 10. Development, and trade agreements : beyond market access / Bernard Hoekman.

ISBN

• 9780815736714 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0815736711 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2007016124
• 99818453538

OCLC

• 123285093
• ocn123285093
• SCSB-5927941

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries