Do Global Trade Distortions Still Harm Developing Country Farmers?

Kym Anderson and Ernesto Valenzuela

No 5337, CEPR Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Policy Research

Abstract: We estimate the impact of global merchandise trade distortions and services regulations on agricultural value added in various countries. Using the latest versions of the GTAP database and the GTAP-AGR model of the global economy, our results suggest real net farm incomes would rise in developing countries with a move to free trade, thereby alleviating rural poverty - despite a terms of trade deterioration for developing countries that are net food importers or are enjoying preferential access to agricultural markets of high-income countries. We also show, for several large developing countries, the contribution of their own versus other countries' trade policies

Keywords: Trade policy reform; Cge modeling; Agricultural value added; Economic welfare (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C68 D58 F17 Q17 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005-11
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