Will Economic Partnership Agreements increase poverty? The case of Uganda

Ole Boysen and Alan Matthews

Economic Papers from Trinity College Dublin, Economics Department

Abstract: Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between the EU and ACP countries are frequently criticized because of fears about negative implications for economic development. Using Uganda as a case study, this paper employs an integrated macro-micro framework rich in household-level detail to assess the consequences of the East African Community EPA for economic output and poverty. Simulations of the agreement's tariff liberalization provisions indicate very minor negative economic and poverty impacts mostly affecting the rural poor. The poverty results depend in size and direction on the way the government addresses tariff revenue losses and on labor market assumptions.

Keywords: Economic Partnership Agreements; Uganda; poverty; trade liberalization; computable general equilibrium; microsimulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D58 F14 O10 O55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 43 pages
Date: 2015-05
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