Agricultural Trade Reform and Poverty in Thailand

A general equilibrium modeling approach is used to estimate the effects within Thailand of unilateral and global trade liberalization, including effects on poverty incidence. It is concluded that across the board trade liberalization is poverty-reducing within Thailand, whether other countries participate in the liberalization or not. This poverty reduction occurs among both farm and non-farm households and this qualitative outcome is not dependent on the particular poverty line used in the analysis. Liberalization in agricultural products alone raises poverty incidence among farm households, while reducing it slightly among non-farm households.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Warr, Peter
Format: Working Paper biblioteca
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2009-06
Subjects:ABSOLUTE TERMS, AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES, AGRICULTURAL LIBERALIZATION, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, AGRICULTURAL SECTOR, AGRICULTURAL SECTORS, AGRICULTURE, CASH TRANSFERS, CHANGES IN POVERTY, COMMODITY MARKETS, COMMODITY PRICES, CONSUMER DEMAND, CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, CONSUMER PRICES, CONSUMERS, CURRENCY, DISTORTIONS, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC MODEL, ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE, ECONOMIC SHOCKS, ELASTICITY, EXPENDITURE INCREASES, EXPORT COMMODITY, EXPORT SUBSIDIES, EXPORT SUBSIDY, EXPORT VOLUME, EXPORTER, EXPORTS, FARM HOUSEHOLDS, FARM PRODUCTS, FARMER, FOOD POLICY, FOOD PRICES, GDP DEFLATOR, GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM, GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS, GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL, GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELS, GINI COEFFICIENT, GLOBAL ECONOMY, HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, IMPORT, IMPORT PRICE, IMPORT PRICES, IMPORTS, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, INCOME INEQUALITY, INEQUALITY, INTERNATIONAL PRICES, INVENTORY, MACROECONOMIC EFFECTS, MEAT, MILK, NATIONAL POVERTY, NATIONAL POVERTY LINE, POOR, POOR HOUSEHOLDS, POOR PEOPLE, POVERTY INCIDENCE, POVERTY LINE, POVERTY LINES, POVERTY REDUCING, POVERTY REDUCTION, PRODUCTION SIDE, PURCHASING POWER, PURCHASING POWER PARITY, QUOTAS, REAL GDP, REDUCTION IN POVERTY, RURAL, RURAL AREAS, RURAL HOUSEHOLDS, RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE, RURAL PEOPLE, RURAL POOR, RURAL POVERTY, RURAL POVERTY INCIDENCE, SHEEP, STATIC ANALYSIS, STRUCTURAL CHANGE, TARIFF BARRIERS, TAXATION, TOTAL COSTS, TRADE DATA, TRADE LIBERALIZATION, TRADE POLICIES, TRADE POLICY, VEGETABLE OILS, VEGETABLES, WAGES, WEIGHTS, WORLD ECONOMY, WORLD TRADE,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/687511468128966777/Agricultural-trade-reform-and-poverty-in-Thailand-a-general-equilibrium-analysis
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/28177
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