Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/63325 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Research Paper No. 2005/29
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
There has been much debate about how much poor people in developing countries gain from trade openness, as one aspect of ‘globalization’. The paper views the issue through both ‘macro’ and ‘micro’ empirical lenses. The macro lens uses cross-country comparisons and aggregate time series data; the micro lens uses household-level data combined with structural modelling of the impacts of specific trade reforms. Case studies are presented for China and Morocco. Both the macro and micro approaches cast doubt on some widely heard generalizations from both sides of the globalization debate. Additionally the micro lens indicates considerable heterogeneity in the welfare impacts of trade openness, with both gainers and losers among the poor. A number of covariates of the individual gains are identified. The results point to the importance of combining trade reforms with well-designed social protection policies. – trade ; globalization ; poverty ; inequality ; China ; Morocco
JEL: 
F14
O53
P36
ISBN: 
9291907081
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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