Trade liberalization, poverty and food security in India abstract: This paper attempts to assess the impact of trade

Manoj K. Panda () and Anand Ganesh-Kumar
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Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai Working Papers from Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India

Abstract: This paper attempts to assess the impact of trade liberalization on growth, poverty, and food security in India with the help of a national level computable general equilibrium (CGE) model. It shows that GDP growth and income poverty reduction that might occur following trade liberalization need not necessarily result in an improvement in the food security / nutritional status of the poor. Evidence from simulations of (partial) trade reforms reflecting a possible Doha-like scenario show that the bottom 30 of the population in both rural and urban areas suffer a decline in calorie and protein intake, in contrast to the rest of the population, even as all households increase their intake of fats. Thus, the outcome on food security / status with regard to individual nutrients depends crucially on the movements in the relative prices of different commodities along with the change in income levels. These results show that trade policy analysis should consider indicators of food security in addition to overall growth and poverty traditionally considered in such studies.

Keywords: Doha negotiations; India trade policy; Poverty; Food security; CGE model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F13 F14 O15 O53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 30 pages
Date: 2008-06
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