Trade and Poverty Reduction in the Asia-Pacific Region Case Studies and Lessons from Low-income Communities
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- CONTRIBUTORS
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- ABBREVIATIONS
- Introduction
- The economic effects of trade on poverty reduction: perspectives from the economic literature
- I Transnational corporations, trade and poverty reduction
- II Trade in agriculture and poverty reduction
- III Trade in services and poverty reduction
- IV Migration, labour mobility and poverty reduction
- V Trade and poverty reduction in small and vulnerable economies
- INDEX
- References
The economic effects of trade on poverty reduction: perspectives from the economic literature
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2012
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- CONTRIBUTORS
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- ABBREVIATIONS
- Introduction
- The economic effects of trade on poverty reduction: perspectives from the economic literature
- I Transnational corporations, trade and poverty reduction
- II Trade in agriculture and poverty reduction
- III Trade in services and poverty reduction
- IV Migration, labour mobility and poverty reduction
- V Trade and poverty reduction in small and vulnerable economies
- INDEX
- References
Summary
Introduction
Economists have championed the merits of international trade since Adam Smith. Indeed, advocacy of free trade permeates the field to such an extent that 97 per cent of economists believe that tariffs and quotas diminish welfare. However, the poverty-alleviating potential of trade is not something that is necessarily realised; thus care must be taken to temper this advocacy with consideration of the transmission mechanisms between trade and the poorest members of society. Accordingly, the economic literature is replete with such considerations. The purpose of this chapter is to provide an overview of this literature in order to establish the theoretical background for the case studies that comprise this volume. One of the key outcomes is that the effects of trade on poverty are context specific. Consequently, no attempt is made here to derive a holistic or definitive description of the impact of trade liberalisation on the poor, as, in reality, there are a multiplicity of effects that vary across countries and across time. Instead, this study develops a set of factors that can potentially influence the nature and magnitude of the effects of trade on poverty alleviation. In each individual setting, a different set of factors will pertain, leading to different outcomes. Accordingly, policies should be tailored to the prevailing conditions within the country in question. Nevertheless, some generalised policy prescriptions can be derived and, as such, this chapter concludes with a discussion of how policy makers can influence the factors that mediate the effects of trade on poverty.
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- Trade and Poverty Reduction in the Asia-Pacific RegionCase Studies and Lessons from Low-income Communities, pp. 21 - 66Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009
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