 Is Trade Liberalization One of the Determinants of Poverty in Upper Middle-Income Countries?Kunofiwa Tsaurai ()
Acta Universitatis Danubius. OEconomica, 2024, issue 20(2), 16-37 Abstract: This study examined whether trade openness is one of the determinants of poverty in upper middle-income countries using panel data (1991-2020) analysis methods such as fixed effects, pooled ordinary least squares (OLS) and fully modified ordinary least squares (FMOLS). Models 2 and 3 consistently produced results which show that trade openness reduced poverty in upper middle-income countries. The complementarity variables (1) trade openness and financial development and (2) trade openness and human capital development had a poverty reduction influence in upper middle-income countries. The study therefore urges the authorities in selected upper middle-income countries to craft and implement policies which further opens trade with other countries and which also enhances both human capital and financial development to alleviate poverty. A future study on the threshold levels of trade openness, human capital and financial development that significantly reduces poverty will add value to the existing literature. Keywords: Poverty; Trade Liberalization; Panel Data; Upper Middle-Income Countries (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:dug:actaec:y:2024:i:2:p:16-37 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Acta Universitatis Danubius. OEconomica from Danubius University of Galati Contact information at EDIRC. |
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