Global Poverty and Distributional Impacts of Agricultural Distortions

This paper assesses the potential impacts of the removal of agricultural and other trade distortions using a newly developed dataset and methodological approach for evaluating the global poverty and inequality effects of policy reforms. It finds that liberalization of agriculture will increase globa...

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Main Author: Bussolo, Maurizio
Other Authors: Medvedev, Denis, De Hoyos, Rafael
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C The World Bank 2009
Series:Other papers
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Collection: World Bank E-Library Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This paper assesses the potential impacts of the removal of agricultural and other trade distortions using a newly developed dataset and methodological approach for evaluating the global poverty and inequality effects of policy reforms. It finds that liberalization of agriculture will increase global extreme poverty (US