A Practical Guide to Trade Policy Analysis

A Practical Guide to Trade Policy Analysis
Author: Marc Bacchetta
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9789287038128

Trade flows and trade policies need to be properly quantified to describe, compare, or follow the evolution of policies between sectors or countries or over time. This is essential to ensure that policy choices are made with an appropriate knowledge of the real conditions. This practical guide introduces the main techniques of trade and trade policy data analysis. It shows how to develop the main indexes used to analyze trade flows, tariff structures, and non-tariff measures. It presents the databases needed to construct these indexes as well as the challenges faced in collecting and processing these data, such as measurement errors or aggregation bias. Written by experts with practical experience in the field, A Practical Guide to Trade Policy Analysis has been developed to contribute to enhance developing countries' capacity to analyze and implement trade policy. It offers a hands-on introduction on how to estimate the distributional effects of trade policies on welfare, in particular on inequality and poverty. The guide is aimed at government experts engaged in trade negotiations, as well as students and researchers involved in trade-related study or research. An accompanying DVD contains data sets and program command files required for the exercises. Copublished by the WTO and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

Trade Policy Reforms and Development

Trade Policy Reforms and Development
Author: S. K. Jayasuriya
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2005-01-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1845425650

The two volumes incorporate major new papers contributed by leading international economists, on a range of topics that reflect the breadth of Professor Lloyd's own distinguished contributions to the field of international trade and policy during a career spanning over four decades.

Global Impacts of the Doha Scenarios on Poverty

Global Impacts of the Doha Scenarios on Poverty
Author: Kym Anderson
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2005
Genre: Agriculture
ISBN: 0930114035

Abstract: The authors illustrate some of the potential consequences of the World Trade Organization's Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations on incomes and poverty globally. Using the global LINKAGE model to generate changes in domestic and international prices that have a direct impact on factor incomes and consumer prices, they estimate the change in real income at the poverty line that would accompany various reform scenarios. When accompanied by additional information about the elasticity of poverty with respect to income, this provides an estimate of the change in poverty by country. Under most liberalization scenarios considered, unskilled wages rise more than average incomes, but the estimated impact on global poverty is modest, especially if developing countries are unwilling to undertake much reform.

Impact evaluation of research by the International Food Policy Research Institute on agricultural trade liberalization, developing countries, and WTO's Doha negotiations

Impact evaluation of research by the International Food Policy Research Institute on agricultural trade liberalization, developing countries, and WTO's Doha negotiations
Author: Hewitt, Joanna
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2008-08-12
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

"This report assesses the impact of IFPRI's work on the agriculture negotiations in the WTO's Doha Round. It is set against the context of IFPRI's mission which emphasizes food security and the interests of poor people in low-income countries and underlines the importance of active engagement in policy communications to link research work to policy action. The report also traces briefly the evolution of IFPRI's work on international agricultural trade more generally, noting its broad disposition to market-oriented policy prescriptions while illuminating the very different impacts of agricultural trade liberalization on individual developing countries through detailed research at the national and household level." -- from Author's Abstract

2003-2004 IFPRI Annual Report

2003-2004 IFPRI Annual Report
Author: International Food Policy Research Institute
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Total Pages: 78
Release: 2004
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0896299074

The Annual report contains an essay: Agriculture, food security, nutrition and the Millennium Development Goals by Joachim von Braun, M. S. Swaminathan, and Mark W. Rosegrant. There is an overview of the Institute followed by information on research and outreach. Special emphasis is given to Global Food System Functioning, Food System Governance, and Food System Innovations.

Agriculture, development, and the global trading system: 2000– 2015

Agriculture, development, and the global trading system: 2000– 2015
Author: Bouët, Antoine
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Total Pages: 492
Release: 2017-09-07
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0896292495

This book is devoted to the complex relationship between the global trading system and food security, focusing on two important elements: the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) and how food price volatility can be managed, or not, through trade instruments. The first section of the book is based on the premise that more trade integration can fight poverty and alleviate hunger. The second section examines whether managing price volatility is doable through more or less trade integration. This section deals in particular with policy instruments available for policy makers to cope with price volatility: food stocks, crop insurance, and export restrictions. Analysis concludes that without a strong and efficient World Trade Organization (WTO) capable of conducting ambitious trade negotiations, the food security target will be much more difficult to hit.

Finishing Global Farm Trade Reform:

Finishing Global Farm Trade Reform:
Author: Kym Anderson
Publisher: University of Adelaide Press
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2020-08-20
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1925261352

This study reviews policy developments in recent years and, in the light of that, explores ways in which further consensus might be reached among WTO members to reduce farm trade distortions – and thereby also progress the multilateral trade reform agenda. Particular attention is given to ways that would boost well-being in developing countries, especially for those food-insecure households still suffering from poverty and hunger.