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| Achterbosch, Thom J.; Ben Hammouda, H.; Osakwe, Patrick N.; van Tongeren, Frank W.. |
| This study provides a quantitative estimate of the potential economic consequences of multilateral trade reform under the WTO for Africa using a framework that explicitly incorporates issues of concern to the region, such as preference erosion, loss of tariff revenue, and trade facilitation. It also examines the impact of OECD agricultural support programmes on economic welfare and specialisation in Africa. In the static version of the GTAP model, the study finds that full liberalisation of trade would increase global welfare (income) by 0.3 per cent, but would add 0.7 per cent annually to income in the African region. Sub-Saharan Africa and, to a lesser extent, Southern Africa, are vulnerable to partial trade reforms as they incur losses from partial... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29104 |
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| Bchir, Mohamed Hedi; Karingi, Stephen N.; Mold, Andrew; Osakwe, Patrick N.; Jallab, Mustapha Sadni. |
| Erosion of trade preferences currently being enjoyed by LDCs and some developing countries remain an important area in the on-going trade negotiations. The different positions regarding the preference erosion question besides being informed by political economy considerations are also founded on empirical results of this particular question. But does the methodology used for the empirical analysis matter? In this paper, the importance of preference erosion question due to MFN liberalisation on agriculture is analyzed. Drawing from the potential complementary strengths in triangulation, the paper uses both partial and general equilibrium analyses. The paper shows that the ranking of preference erosion as an issue of policy concern is influenced by the... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25240 |
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