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
Publication date:
1.5.2000.
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