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Title: | Trade Liberalisation and Poverty in Bangladesh: A General Equilibrium Approach | Contributor(s): | Nahar, Bodrun (author); Siriwardana, Mahinda (author) | Publication Date: | 2009 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/6478 | Abstract: | This paper uses a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to investigate the impact on poverty of trade liberalisation in Bangladesh. The simulation results show that the complete removal of tariffs favours export oriented sectors in the economy. With trade liberalisation, rural and urban areas experience an overall reduction in poverty in the short run. However, a marginal increase in the poverty gap and poverty severity for urban areas is projected, implying that the poor become poorer in urban areas. Moreover, poverty incidences vary among various socio-economic groups. In the short run, poverty incidence increases for rural landless and urban illiterate and low-educated household groups. In contrast, the long run results highlight that trade liberalisation reduces absolute poverty for all groups both in rural and urban areas. | Publication Type: | Conference Publication | Conference Details: | AARES 2009: 53rd Annual Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, Cairns, Australia, 10th - 13th February, 2009 | Source of Publication: | Proceedings of the 53rd Annual Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AARES) | Publisher: | Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AARES) | Place of Publication: | Australia | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 140210 International Economics and International Finance | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 910302 Trade Assistance and Protection | HERDC Category Description: | E2 Non-Refereed Scholarly Conference Publication | Publisher/associated links: | http://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ags:aare09:47629 http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/bitstream/47629/2/Nahar.pdf |
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