Distributional effects of WTO agricultural reforms in rich and poor countries (English)

Rich countries' agricultural trade policies are the battleground on which the future of the WTO's troubled Doha Round will be determined. Subject to widespread criticism, they nonetheless appear to be almost immune to serious reform, and one of their most common defenses is that they protect poor farmers. The authors' findings reject this claim. The analysis uses detailed data on farm incomes to show that major commodity programs are highly regressive...

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Hertel,Thomas W.;

Ivanic,Maros;

Keeney,Roman Michael;

Winters,L. Alan;
Document Date
2006/11/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS4060
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
United States, World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Distributional effects of WTO agricultural reforms in rich and poor countries
Keywords
farm household

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Hertel,Thomas W.; Ivanic,Maros; Keeney,Roman Michael; Winters,L. Alan.

Distributional effects of WTO agricultural reforms in rich and poor countries (English). Policy, Research working paper ; no. WPS 4060 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/959591468142476543

Distributional effects of WTO agricultural reforms in rich and poor countries (English)

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