@article{Cockburn:331544,
      recid = {331544},
      author = {Cockburn, John and Decaluwé, Bernard and Robichaud,  Véronique},
      title = {Trade Liberalization and Poverty: Lessons from Asia and  Africa},
      address = {2006},
      pages = {22},
      year = {2006},
      note = {Presented at the 9th Annual Conference on Global Economic  Analysis, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia},
      abstract = {We bring together the lessons drawn from the computable  general equilibrium (CGE) analysis of the impacts of trade  liberalization on poverty in seven Asian and African  countries: Bangladesh, Benin, India, Nepal, Pakistan, the  Philippines and Senegal. We compare and contrast the  results in these countries, explaining where there are  similarities and why there are differences. Particular  attention is paid to identifying how the specific  characteristics of each country – initial tariff structure,  trade patterns, relative factor endowments, production  patterns, income sources and consumption patterns of the  poor, etc. – modify the results. Conclusions are then drawn  with respect to the key factors in managing trade  liberalization and designing appropriate accompanying  measures. Results show that trade liberalization has little  but positive impact on welfare and poverty. Overall,  industrial sectors benefit - relatively to agriculture -  from trade liberalization and so are urban households  relatively to their rural counterparts.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/331544},
}