Between Export Promotion And Poverty Reduction

Author : Jan-Henrik Petermann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783658000486

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Between Export Promotion and Poverty Reduction by Jan-Henrik Petermann Pdf

The end of the Cold War has prompted many donors of Official Development Assistance (ODA) to fundamentally realign their global aid and trade relations. Despite recent progress in untying ODA and a number of related efforts to enhance the overall efficiency of international cooperation with the poorest countries, it remains unexplained why some OECD states have liberalised their bilateral programmes to a considerable extent – whereas others have continued to use foreign aid as a means to promote domestic exports. Jan-Henrik Petermann widens the scope of previous macro-analyses of ‘system-driven’ reorientations in tying practices in the wake of 1989/90, inquiring into donors’ national parameters of policy-making at the strategic nexus between external trade and international development.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264098978

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The Development Dimension Trade for Growth and Poverty Reduction How Aid for Trade Can Help by OECD Pdf

Trade for Growth and Poverty Reduction: How Aid for Trade Can Help explains how Aid for Trade can foster economic growth and reduce poverty, and why it is an important instrument for a development strategy that actively supports poverty alleviation.

Author : World Bank Group,World Trade Organization
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9287040133

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The Role of Trade in Ending Poverty by World Bank Group,World Trade Organization Pdf

Trade will have an important role at the global level in generating the growth necessary for reducing extreme poverty to 3 percent and boosting prosperity for the poorest 40 percent by 2030. To identify the most important challenges that exist in maximizing the positive impact of trade on poverty, we need to understand who the poor are, where they are, and what economic activities they undertake. To this end, the study highlights particularly relevant dimensions of poverty: rural poverty in remote areas, informality, fragile and conflict situations, and women. For each of these issues, this study considers the main traderelated barriers and challenges, along with policy responses to address them. It shows the importance of the multilateral trading system and of the Doha Round, as well as the important role of the WBG and WTO in promoting coherence and implementing trade policies in a way that delivers the greatest possible benefits for the poor.

Author : John-ren Chen,David Sapsford
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781845425531

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Global Development and Poverty Reduction by John-ren Chen,David Sapsford Pdf

Explores the various ways in which the institutions of the global economy might rise to the challenges posed by the twin goals of increasing the pace of global development and alleviating poverty. This book also provides a much-needed analysis of the successes and failures of international institutions in achieving these aims.

Author : Ann Harrison
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 675 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2007-11-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780226318004

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Globalization and Poverty by Ann Harrison Pdf

Over the past two decades, the percentage of the world’s population living on less than a dollar a day has been cut in half. How much of that improvement is because of—or in spite of—globalization? While anti-globalization activists mount loud critiques and the media report breathlessly on globalization’s perils and promises, economists have largely remained silent, in part because of an entrenched institutional divide between those who study poverty and those who study trade and finance. Globalization and Poverty bridges that gap, bringing together experts on both international trade and poverty to provide a detailed view of the effects of globalization on the poor in developing nations, answering such questions as: Do lower import tariffs improve the lives of the poor? Has increased financial integration led to more or less poverty? How have the poor fared during various currency crises? Does food aid hurt or help the poor? Poverty, the contributors show here, has been used as a popular and convenient catchphrase by parties on both sides of the globalization debate to further their respective arguments. Globalization and Poverty provides the more nuanced understanding necessary to move that debate beyond the slogans.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9264101055

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The Development Dimension Trade for Growth and Poverty Reduction How Aid for Trade Can Help by OECD Pdf

Trade for Growth and Poverty Reduction: How Aid for Trade Can Help explains how Aid for Trade can foster economic growth and reduce poverty, and why it is an important instrument for a development strategy that actively supports poverty alleviation.

Author : Ravi Ratnayake,United Nations Publications,Rajan Sudesh Ratna,Martina Francesca Ferracane,Yann Deval
Publisher : UN
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9211206766

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Impacts of Trade Facilitation Measures on Poverty and Inclusive Growth by Ravi Ratnayake,United Nations Publications,Rajan Sudesh Ratna,Martina Francesca Ferracane,Yann Deval Pdf

Trade and investment are engines of growth for the Asia and the Pacific and enabled them to significantly reduce poverty during the past two decades. However, the performance of the region would have been better if the high tariff and non-tariff barriers issues could have been addressed, with the non-tariff trade cost alone accounts for at least 90% of overall trade costs. With some of the world's most dynamic economies located in the region, there is large potential for an expansion of intraregional trade and investment in Asia and the Pacific, making the whole region more resilient to external shocks. Unfortunately, many barriers prevent intraregional movement of goods and investment, affecting in particular the opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to directly participate in international trade. Removal of those barriers and deepening regional connectivity can therefore be a strong driver of growth and poverty reduction. While sufficient literature exists with regard to establishing a direct and positive correlation between trade and poverty reduction, very little study has been done on the linkages between trade facilitation and poverty reduction. This book addresses this gap and features a compilation of specific case studies that explore the linkages between a number of trade facilitation measures and poverty reduction.

Author : M. Tekere
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780798303040

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Regional Trade Integration, Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction in Southern Africa by M. Tekere Pdf

Despite a long history of regional integration and a multiplicity of regional organizations in southern Africa, the effect of regional integration on economic growth and poverty reduction remains debatable or elusive. This causes many to doubt whether regional integration is in actual fact an effective poverty-reduction strategy. Accordingly, the focus of this book is to explore and analyze whether specific Southern African Development Community (SADC) trade integration policies, especially the trade liberalization regime, have produced economic growth and reduced poverty in the region. While it is generally agreed that economic growth is the panacea to poverty reduction, there is little evidence as to whether regional integration in Africa is associated with economic growth in the countries concerned and subsequently leads to poverty reduction. The book makes recommendations on how the SADC FTAs can contribute to poverty reduction and socioeconomic development, and goes on to suggest policy proposals on how to enhance the contribution of the FTAs to poverty eradication and economic development. It also identifies specific activities to be undertaken to enable supply-side and productive competitiveness interventions to support the FTAs and contribute to economic development. The potential constraints and negative impacts of the FTAs are investigated and highlighted, and possible solutions are recommended and motivated.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Poverty
ISBN : 8182570891

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Strengthening the Linkages Between Trade, Development, and Poverty Reduction by Anonim Pdf

With reference to Developing countries.

Author : Ron Duncan
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2008-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781437900552

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Framework for Establishing Priorities in a Country Poverty Reduction Strategy by Ron Duncan Pdf

This paper reviews the history & progress of understanding development theory over the past 50 years. Development thinking has evolved from an early paradigm that focused on savings & capital investment to subsequent arguments favoring the inclusion of human capital, policy, technical change, & finally to the inclusion of the role of institutions, & good governance. Secure property rights in the broadest sense, which are applicable to all resources & not just land, are particularly important to realize investment yield. This evolution of development thought describes a conceptual framework that can guide development practitioners in prioritizing, sequencing, & characterizing all interventions aimed at reducing poverty.

Author : Ann Weston,Daniel Pierre-Antoine,North-South Institute (Ottawa, Ont.)
Publisher : Mathresources
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105112839951

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Poverty and Policy Coherence by Ann Weston,Daniel Pierre-Antoine,North-South Institute (Ottawa, Ont.) Pdf

Author : Arvind Virmani
Publisher : Academic Foundation
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 8171883451

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Accelerating Growth and Poverty Reduction by Arvind Virmani Pdf

This Book Is Based On Policy Papers Written During The Nineties At The Ministry Of Finance. The Fundamental Objective Of Economic Policy Is To Generate Equitable Economic Growth And Thus Bring About The Increased Well Being Of All Citizens. The Goal Of These Policy Papers Was To Remove Policy Distortions That Were Hindering Growth And Productivity And To Introduce Economic And Institutional Reforms That Would Accelerate Growth. The Policy Recommendations Were Shaped By Theory And Empirical Evidence On The One Hand, And By Institutional/Organisational And Socio-Political Constraints On The Other.

Author : International Monetary Fund
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2008-03-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781451833454

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Rwanda by International Monetary Fund Pdf

Rwanda’s Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy provides a medium-term framework for achieving the country’s long-term development goals and aspirations as embodied in Rwanda Vision 2020, the seven-year Government of Rwanda programme, and the Millennium Development Goals. The strategy promotes three flagship programs, namely sustainable growth for jobs and exports, poverty reduction by promoting pro-poor components of the national growth agenda, and providing an anchor for pro-poor growth by building on low incidence of corruption and a regional comparative advantage in soft infrastructure.

Author : Anthony Shorrocks,Rolph van der Hoeven
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2004-03-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780191533334

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Growth, Inequality, and Poverty by Anthony Shorrocks,Rolph van der Hoeven Pdf

The relationship between growth, inequality, and poverty lies at the heart of development economics. This volume draws together many of the most important recent contributions to the controversies surrounding this topic. Some of the chapters help explain why there is profound disagreement on crucial issues of growth, poverty and inequality within academic circles, and among organizations and various groups active in the development field. Another central theme is the cross-country evidence on the relationship between growth and poverty, and the extent to which it is valid to draw policy conclusions from this empirical evidence. The volume also shows how new microeconomic techniques such as poverty maps and microsimulation models can be used to improve poverty analysis and the design of pro-poor policies. The overall conclusion points to the need for diverse strategies towards growth and poverty, rather than simple blanket policy rules. Initial conditions, specific country structures, and time horizons all play a significant role. Initial conditions affect the speed with which growth reduces poverty and can also determine whether policies such as trade liberalization have a pro-poor or an anti-poor outcome. Improved education is valuable in itself, and also contributes to poverty reduction; but its effect on inequality depends on supply and demand factors, which differ significantly across countries. Likewise, the quantitative impact on poverty of redistribution from the rich to the poor vis-à-vis an increase in total national income can vary greatly across countries. Hence the need for creative approaches to poverty which take full account of the specific circumstances of individual nations and which assign a central role to inequality analysis in the discussion of poverty-alleviation policies.

Author : Charles Ackah,Ernest Aryeetey
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789988647360

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Globalization, Trade and Poverty in Ghana by Charles Ackah,Ernest Aryeetey Pdf

Citing a paucity of empirical evidence on the poverty and distributional impacts of trade policy reform in Ghana as the main motivation for this volume, the editors (both of the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research at the U. of Ghana) present eleven papers that combine theory and econometric analysis in an effort to assess linkages between globalization, trade, and poverty (including gendered aspects). Specific topics examined include manufacturing employment and wage effects of trade liberalization; the influence of education on trade liberalization impacts on household welfare; trade liberalization and manufacturing firm productivity; the impact of elimination of trade taxes on poverty and income distribution; food prices, tax reforms, and consumer welfare under trade liberalization; impacts on tariff revenues; and impacts on cash cropping, gender, and household welfare; Distributed in the US by Stylus. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).