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Trade preference erosion : measurement and policy response / edited by Bernard Hoekman, Will Martin, and Carlos A. Primo Braga.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: World Bank e-LibraryPublication details: Washington D. C. : Palgrave Macmillan and the World Bank, 2009.Description: xvi, 466 p. : ill ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780821377079
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 382.7 23 HOE
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- 1 Quantifying the Value of Preferences and Potential Erosion Losses -- Figures -- Tables -- 2 Quantifying the Value of U.S. Tariff Preferences for Developing Countries -- 3 What Are European Union Trade Preferences Worth for Sub-Saharan African and Other Developing Countries? -- 4 Japan's Generalized System of Preferences -- 5 The Canadian Preferential Tariff Regime and Potential Economic Impacts of Its Erosion -- 6 The Australian Preferential Tariff Regime -- Boxes.
7 Multilateral Solutions to the Erosion of Nonreciprocal Preferences in Non-agricultural Market Access 8 Nonreciprocal Preference Erosion Arising from Most-Favored-Nation Liberalization in Agriculture: What Are the Risks? -- 9 The Doha Development Agenda and Preference Erosion: Modeling the Impacts -- 10 Trade Preferences for Apparel and the Role of Rules of Origin: The Case of Africa -- 11 Economic Policy Responses to Preference Erosion: From Trade as Aid to Aid for Trade -- Index.
Summary: This volume introduces the gender dimension in the empirical analyses on the links between trade and poverty. Gender disparities, an important component of overall inequality, may limit the gains from trade and the potential benefits to poor people. This view is supported by the robust finding that while growth (as well as the gains from trade) is the major vehicle of lifting people out of poverty, it is more likely to be pro-poor when initial inequality is low. High inequality directly lowers the rate of poverty reduction by hindering growth. Ample evidence shows that, in spite of recent
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- 1 Quantifying the Value of Preferences and Potential Erosion Losses -- Figures -- Tables -- 2 Quantifying the Value of U.S. Tariff Preferences for Developing Countries -- 3 What Are European Union Trade Preferences Worth for Sub-Saharan African and Other Developing Countries? -- 4 Japan's Generalized System of Preferences -- 5 The Canadian Preferential Tariff Regime and Potential Economic Impacts of Its Erosion -- 6 The Australian Preferential Tariff Regime -- Boxes.

7 Multilateral Solutions to the Erosion of Nonreciprocal Preferences in Non-agricultural Market Access 8 Nonreciprocal Preference Erosion Arising from Most-Favored-Nation Liberalization in Agriculture: What Are the Risks? -- 9 The Doha Development Agenda and Preference Erosion: Modeling the Impacts -- 10 Trade Preferences for Apparel and the Role of Rules of Origin: The Case of Africa -- 11 Economic Policy Responses to Preference Erosion: From Trade as Aid to Aid for Trade -- Index.

This volume introduces the gender dimension in the empirical analyses on the links between trade and poverty. Gender disparities, an important component of overall inequality, may limit the gains from trade and the potential benefits to poor people. This view is supported by the robust finding that while growth (as well as the gains from trade) is the major vehicle of lifting people out of poverty, it is more likely to be pro-poor when initial inequality is low. High inequality directly lowers the rate of poverty reduction by hindering growth. Ample evidence shows that, in spite of recent

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