Looking Beyond Averages in the Trade and Poverty Debate

Martin Ravallion

No RP2005-29, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: There has been much debate about how much poor people in developing countries gain from trade openness, as one aspect of 'globalization'. The paper views the issue through both 'macro' and 'micro' empirical lenses. The macro lens uses cross-country comparisons and aggregate time series data; the micro lens uses household-level data combined with structural modelling of the impacts of specific trade reforms. Case studies are presented for China and Morocco.

Keywords: Econometric models (Economic development); Globalization; International trade; Poverty; Welfare economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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Working Paper: Looking Beyond Averages in the Trade and Poverty Debate (2010)
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