How Does Vietnam's Accession to the World Trade Organization Change the Spatial Incidence of Poverty?

Tomoki Fujii and David Roland-Holst

No RP2007-12, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Trade policies can promote aggregate efficiency, but the ensuing structural adjustments generally create both winners and losers. From an incomes perspective, trade liberalization can raise GDP per capita, but rates of emergence from poverty depend upon individual household characteristics of economic participation and asset holding. To fully realize the growth potential of trade, while limiting the risk of rising inequality, policies need to better account for microeconomic heterogeneity. One approach to this is the geographic targeting, which shifts resources to poor areas.

Keywords: Economic policy; Simulation methods (Economics); International trade; Poverty measurement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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