Trade Policies and Poverty in Uganda: A Computable General Equilibrium Micro Simulation Analysis

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2013-07
Authors
Ayoki, Milton
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AERC
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This paper examines the impact of trade liberalization on poverty in Uganda. Using a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) framework and benchmark data from the 2002 household survey, three simulations are performed: removal of EAC tariffs, removal of non-EAC COMESA tariffs, and removal of all tariffs. Results indicate that poverty falls in all cases, but poverty falls much more in the case of a complete removal of tariffs on all imports (2.94%), compared with the case of removal of EAC tariffs (2.76%) or non-EAC COMESA tariffs (1.08%).
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HC 870. Z9 P 64 2013
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Povery - Uganda - Econometric models , Uganda - Commercial Policy - Econometric models , Commercial policy - Econometric models
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