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The topic of family farms has been gaining prominence in the academic, policy, and donor communities in recent years.
U.S. agricultural policy
The 2002 U.S. farm bill has been widely criticized for increasing subsidies with detrimental effects on competing agricultural producers abroad and for undermining U.S. leadership in achieving liberalized world agricultural trade.
Modeling the effects of trade on women at work and at home
The effects of trade on women vary by socio-economic characteristics, sector and country. This paper assesses how well such effects can be captured by a gendered social accounting matrix (SAM) and computable general equilibrium (CGE) model.
Poverty-focused social accounting matrices for Tanzania
The development of effective and sustainable economic policies for Tanzania requires access to appropriate databases.
Developing country interests in agricultural reforms under the World Trade Organization
The gains to developing countries from agricultural reform in developed countries is found to benefit most, even the net food importers, although the gains vary depending on a country’s trade pattern.
"As a result of Zambia's dependence on copper mining, both the falling world copper price and the possible withdrawal of investment from the mining sector might seriously threaten economic growth and stability.
General equilibrium measures of agricultural policy bias in fifteen developing countries
In this paper, we present a comparative analysis of the extent to which indirect taxes, tariffs, and exchange rates affected relative price incentives for agricultural production in a representative sample of 15 developing countries in the 1990s.
A standard computable general equilibrium model for South Africa
There is a continuing debate about the role of changes in trade on the evolution of relative wages particularly the skilled-unskilled wage gap.
Can South Africa afford to become Africa's first welfare state?
"This paper assesses the economy-wide impact of implementing and financing a universal or basic income grant (BIG) in South Africa.
Scenarios for trade integration in the Americas
This paper analyzes two potential trade liberalization scenarios – a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) and possible links between MERCOSUR and the European Union (EU) – in a world computable general equilibrium (CGE) model.
On boxes, contents, and users
An important component of the current debate about agriculture trade negotiations is whether further liberalization of trade and agricultural policies may help or hinder food security in WTO member countries.
Trade and tradability
We extend the Salter-Swan model to include both factor markets and semi-traded goods. In our model, changes in relative factor prices depend on changes in world commodity prices, factor endowments, and the trade balance.
A 1998 Social Accounting Matrix for Thailand
This paper documents the features of a 1998 social accounting matrix (SAM) for Thailand. It begins with a description of the overall economy both via a macro SAM and a national accounts balance sheet.
That was then but this is now
Current agricultural negotiations in the World Trade Organization are grappling on how to fully integrate agriculture within the general rules for trade in goods.
This study constructs a regional CGE model of China to analyze the differential regional impacts of China’s WTO accession on agricultural production, trade, and farmers’ income.
Social accounting matrices for Vietnam 1996 and 1997
This paper documents the construction of social accounting matrices (SAMs) for Vietnam for 1996 and 1997.
Economy-wide benefits from establishing water user-right markets in a spatially heterogeneous agricultural economy
This paper analyzes the economy-wide gains obtainable from the allocation of surface irrigation water to its most productive use, and evaluates a decentralized mechanism for achieving this result in a spatially heterogeneous environment.