Agricultural Trade Reform and the Doha Development Agenda

Anderson and Martin examine the extent to which various regions, and the world as a whole, could gain from multilateral trade reform over the next decade. They use the World Bank's linkage model of the global economy to examine the impact first of current trade barriers and agricultural subsidies, and then of possible outcomes from the World Trade Organization's Doha round. The results suggest moving to free global merchandise trade would boost real incomes in Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia (and in Cairns Group countries) proportionately more than in other developing countries or high-income countries. Real returns to farm land and unskilled labor and real net farm incomes would rise substantially in those developing country regions, thereby alleviating poverty. A Doha partial liberalization could take the world some way toward those desirable outcomes, but more so the more agricultural subsidies are disciplined and applied tariffs are cut.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Anderson, Kym, Martin, Will
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2005-05
Subjects:	ACCESSION, ACCESSION TO WTO, AGRICULTURAL DISTORTIONS, AGRICULTURAL EXPORT SUBSIDIES, AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS, AGRICULTURAL GOODS, AGRICULTURAL LIBERALIZATION, AGRICULTURAL MARKET ACCESS, AGRICULTURAL MARKETS, AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT, AGRICULTURAL POLICIES, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, AGRICULTURAL PROTECTION, AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES, AGRICULTURAL TARIFF, AGRICULTURAL TARIFFS, AGRICULTURAL TRADE, AGRICULTURAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION, AGRICULTURAL TRADE REFORM, AGRICULTURAL ­ TRADE, AGRICULTURE, APPLIED TARIFF, AVERAGE TARIFF, BILATERAL TRADE, COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE, CONCESSIONS, CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, CONSUMER PRICES, COUNTRY CASE STUDY, COUNTRY MARKETS, DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPING COUNTRY, DEVELOPMENT AGENDA, DOMESTIC SUPPORT, DUMPING, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, ECONOMIC REVIEW, ECONOMIES OF SCALE, ECONOMY, ELASTICITY, EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS, EMPLOYMENT, EQUILIBRIUM, EXPORT PRICE, EXPORT SUBSIDIES, EXPORT SUBSIDY, EXPORTERS, EXPORTS, EXTREME POVERTY, FACTOR PRICE, FARM HOUSEHOLDS, FARMS, FREE ACCESS, FULL LIBERALIZATION, GDP, GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELING, GLOBAL, GLOBAL ECONOMY, GLOBAL EXPORTS, GLOBAL IMPACT, GLOBAL TRADE, GLOBAL TRADE ANALYSIS, HEADCOUNT INDEX, HIGH TARIFFS, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, IMPORT BARRIERS, IMPORT TARIFFS, IMPORTS, INCOME, INCOME COUNTRIES, INCOME HOUSEHOLDS, INCREASED COMPETITION, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, LDCS, MARKET ACCESS, MARKET OPENING, MERCHANDISE TRADE LIBERALIZATION, MULTILATERAL DISCIPLINES, MULTILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS, MULTILATERAL TRADE, MULTILATERAL TRADE REFORM, NON-AGRICULTURAL TARIFFS, NON-DISCRIMINATION, NON-TARIFF BARRIERS, PARTIAL LIBERALIZATION, POLICY CHANGES, POLICY IMPLICATIONS, POLICY MEASURES, POLICY REFORM, POLICY RESEARCH, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POOR COUNTRIES, POOR LIVING, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, POVERTY HEADCOUNT, POVERTY IMPACT, PREFERENTIAL ACCESS, PREFERENTIAL AGREEMENTS, PREFERENTIAL TRADE, PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS, PRICE INDEX, PRICE SUPPORT, PRODUCERS, PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION, PRODUCTIVITY, PROTECTION DATA, PROTECTION RATES, PROTECTIONIST POLICIES, QUOTA TARIFF, QUOTAS, REAL EXCHANGE RATE, RECIPROCITY, RELATIVE IMPORTANCE, RESOURCE USE, ROUND AGREEMENT, RULES OF ORIGIN, STATE TRADING, SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, TARIFF BARRIERS, TARIFF BINDINGS, TARIFF CUTS, TARIFF PREFERENCES, TARIFF PROTECTION, TARIFF RATE, TARIFF RATE QUOTAS, TARIFF RATES, TARIFF REDUCTIONS, TARIFF REVENUES, TAXATION, TERMS OF TRADE, TRADE BARRIERS, TRADE DIVERSION, TRADE EXPANSION, TRADE FACILITATION, TRADE LIBERALIZATION, TRADE LIBERALIZATIONS, TRADE NEGOTIATIONS, TRADE POLICY, TRADE REFORM, TRADE REFORMS, TRADE VALUES, UNILATERAL TRADE, UNSKILLED LABOR, UNSKILLED WORKERS, URUGUAY ROUND, WAGES, WELFARE GAINS, WELFARE LOSSES, WORLD ECONOMY, WORLD TRADE, WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION, WTO, WTO AGREEMENT, WTO MEMBERS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/05/5796401/agricultural-trade-reform-doha-development-agenda https://hdl.handle.net/10986/8938
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