BIMSTEC-Japan Trade Cooperation and Poverty in Asia

John Gilbert

No 2008-03, Working Papers from Utah State University, Department of Economics

Abstract: We review the literature on the relationship between trade policy reform and poverty, and recent approaches in the numerical simulation literature to estimating the impact of alternative trade reform scenarios. The GTAP model is then used to simulate the effect of the trade cooperation among the economies of BIMSTEC and Japan on aggregate welfare and poverty in the BIMSTEC member economies. As a case study, the results of the global model simulations are then used as an input to a more detailed model of simulation model of India, which identifies nine household groups classifed by their source of income and consumption pattern. Detailed estimates of the e ect of trade reform at the household level are presented for India.

Keywords: Trade reform; CGE; regional trading agreements; poverty; India; BIMSTEC (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C68 F13 F17 O53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24 pages
Date: 2008-12-19, Revised 2008-12-19
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