Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/53088 
Year of Publication: 
2002
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Discussion Paper No. 2002/114
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
The promotion of human welfare is undoubtedly one of the greatest challenges of economic development. To achieve this, many developing countries adopted trade liberalisation in the late 1980s, premised on the theoretical evidence based on the definitive Heckscher-Ohlin theory which predicts gains for the poor. The empirical support for this theory, however, is at best mixed. This paper employs powerful Computable General Equilibrium techniques to data from Uganda, a typical Sub- Saharan Africa country largely recognized as a front-runner in trade liberalisation to investigate the short-run welfare impact of tariff liberalisation. It finds that trade liberalisation is no panacea to developing country problems. In fact, there are only minimal welfare gains largely accruing to the agricultural households. Furthermore, the importance of transfers (both government and inter-household) as well as exchange rate movements in determining differential welfare outcomes are highlighted.
Subjects: 
CGE modelling
tariff liberalisation
Uganda
JEL: 
D58
I30
O55
ISBN: 
9291903558
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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