Case Study: The growth and poverty impacts of trade liberalization in Senegal

John Cockburn, Erwin Corong, Bernard Decaluwe (), Ismaël Fofana () and Véronique Robichaud ()
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Ismaël Fofana: Université Laval, Pavillon J-A DeSève, Quebec, Canada, G1V 0A6
Véronique Robichaud: Université Laval, Pavillon J-A DeSève, Quebec, Canada, G1V 0A6;

International Journal of Microsimulation, 2010, vol. 3, issue 1, 109-113

Abstract: Most empirical studies find relatively small welfare and poverty impacts of trade liberalization, mainly as a result of the static framework generally used, in which welfare gains and poverty impacts result solely from a short term reallocation of resources. Using Senegal as a case study, we illustrate the results of integrating the growth and productivity gain effects of trade liberalization with the resulting long-run impacts on welfare and poverty. We show that the distributional impacts between poor and non-poor depend upon the specific nature of the trade liberalization policies adopted; and the characteristics of the economy in which it occurs. In the Senegalese case, the predicted principal beneficiaries of trade liberalization are urban and higher skill workers.

Keywords: trade liberalization; CGE; productivity gains; growth income curve (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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