Welfare Impacts of Preferential Trade Liberalization in South Asia

Welfare Impacts of Preferential Trade Liberalization in South Asia

Focusing on the global trading relationship aggregated at the level of 15 regions and 10 sectors, we investigate in this paper the welfare effects of preferential trade liberalisation in South Asia from several simulation perspectives. The static version of the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) model shows that countries that are initially more protected (such as India) are likely to capture...

South Asia: Does Preferential Trade Liberalization Make Sense?

Preferential Trade Liberalization:

Estimating the Poverty Impacts of Trade Liberalization

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Trade Liberalization and Poverty in Asia: Issues and Policy Options

Comments by Richard Pomfret are gratefully acknowledged. The usual disclaimer applies. The views expressed in this paper are the views of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) or its Board of Directors or the governments they represent.