Original scientific paper

Trading Out of Poverty: Some Major Issues

Mia Mikić ; Department of Economics, The University of Auckland, New Zeland

Abstract

What are the ways in which trade (trade liberalisation) may have impact on poverty? This paper looks at some of the findings of the analytical literature on trade-poverty linkages that operate through the impact of trade on income distribution, and through the impact of trade on economic growth. This paper further asks the question whether trade effects on poverty depend on a particular type of trade liberalisation. In particular, it exposes the weaknesses of non-reciprocal trade liberalisation. The trading preferences granted by the European Union (EU) to Pacific Island Countries (PICs) and their poverty-reducing potential are briefly examined at the end.

Keywords

trade liberalisation; poverty; income distribution; regional trade agreements; preferential trading agreements

Hrčak ID:

34654

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/34654

Publication date:

1.5.2000.

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