Global Income Distribution and Poverty in the Absence of Agricultural Distortions

Bussolo, Maurizio; De Hoyos, Rafael; Medvedev, Denis

dc.creator	Bussolo, Maurizio
dc.creator	De Hoyos, Rafael
dc.creator	Medvedev, Denis
dc.date	2012-03-19T19:09:00Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T19:09:00Z
dc.date	2009-03-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T21:08:11Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T21:08:11Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090302125636
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4045
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/245015
dc.description	This paper assesses the potential impacts of the removal of agriculture trade distortions using a newly developed dataset and methodological approach for evaluating the global poverty and inequality effects of policy reforms. It finds that liberalization of agriculture and food could increase global extreme poverty (US$1 a day) by 0.2 percent and lower moderate poverty (US$2 a day) by 0.3 percent. Beneath these small aggregate changes, most countries witness a substantial reduction in poverty while South Asia-where half of the world's poor reside-experiences an increase in extreme poverty incidence due to high rates of protection afforded to unskilled-intensive agricultural sectors. The distributional changes are likely to be mild, but exhibit a strong regional pattern. Inequality is likely to fall in regions such as Latin America, which are characterized by high initial inequality, and rise in regions like South Asia, characterized by low initial inequality.
dc.language	English
dc.relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4849
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL INCOMES
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL LIBERALIZATION
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL POPULATION
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL PRICES
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL PRICING
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL SECTORS
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL TRADE
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL WAGE
dc.subject	AGRICULTURE
dc.subject	AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subject	AVERAGE INCOME
dc.subject	AVERAGE INCOMES
dc.subject	BASE YEAR
dc.subject	CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
dc.subject	COMPETITIVENESS
dc.subject	CONSUMER PREFERENCES
dc.subject	CONSUMER PRICES
dc.subject	CONSUMERS
dc.subject	CONSUMPTION
dc.subject	CONSUMPTION DATA
dc.subject	CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE
dc.subject	CONSUMPTION INCREASES
dc.subject	CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA
dc.subject	COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS
dc.subject	DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS
dc.subject	DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
dc.subject	DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject	DEVELOPING REGIONS
dc.subject	DEVELOPING WORLD
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subject	DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject	DISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGES
dc.subject	DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECT
dc.subject	DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS
dc.subject	DOLLAR POVERTY INCIDENCE
dc.subject	ECONOMIC EXPANSION
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject	ECONOMIC POLICIES
dc.subject	ECONOMIC POLICY
dc.subject	ECONOMIC THEORY
dc.subject	ECONOMIC TRENDS
dc.subject	EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
dc.subject	EMPIRICAL APPLICATION
dc.subject	EMPIRICAL LITERATURE
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTURE
dc.subject	EXCHANGE RATE
dc.subject	EXCHANGE RATES
dc.subject	EXOGENOUS CHANGES
dc.subject	EXPORT MARKETS
dc.subject	EXPORT SUBSIDIES
dc.subject	EXPORT TAXES
dc.subject	EXPORTS
dc.subject	EXTREME POVERTY
dc.subject	EXTREME POVERTY LINE
dc.subject	FACTOR PRICES
dc.subject	FARM HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject	FARM LABOR
dc.subject	FARMERS
dc.subject	FOOD CONSUMPTION
dc.subject	FOOD MARKETS
dc.subject	FOOD PRICES
dc.subject	FOOD PRODUCTS
dc.subject	GDP
dc.subject	GDP DEFLATOR
dc.subject	GINI COEFFICIENT
dc.subject	GINI INDEX
dc.subject	GLOBAL ECONOMY
dc.subject	GLOBAL LEVEL
dc.subject	GLOBAL POPULATION
dc.subject	GLOBAL POVERTY
dc.subject	GLOBAL VIEW
dc.subject	GOODS
dc.subject	GROUP INEQUALITY
dc.subject	GROWTH RATE
dc.subject	GROWTH RATES
dc.subject	HEAD COUNT RATIO
dc.subject	HIGH INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subject	HIGHER INEQUALITY
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD HEAD
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD INCOMES
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD PER CAPITA INCOME
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD SIZE
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
dc.subject	IMPORT TARIFFS
dc.subject	INCENTIVES
dc.subject	INCIDENCE OF POVERTY
dc.subject	INCOME
dc.subject	INCOME DATA
dc.subject	INCOME DISPARITIES
dc.subject	INCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject	INCOME DISTRIBUTION DATA
dc.subject	INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS
dc.subject	INCOME GAINS
dc.subject	INCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subject	INCOME LEVELS
dc.subject	INCOME REDISTRIBUTION
dc.subject	INCOME SHARES
dc.subject	INCOME SOURCE
dc.subject	INCOMES CHANGE
dc.subject	INCOMES INCREASE
dc.subject	INCREASED INEQUALITY
dc.subject	INEQUALITY CHANGES
dc.subject	INEQUALITY DECOMPOSITION
dc.subject	INEQUALITY MEASURE
dc.subject	INEQUALITY OUTCOMES
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL TRADE
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET
dc.subject	LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subject	MACROECONOMIC OUTCOMES
dc.subject	MEAN INCOMES
dc.subject	MEASUREMENT
dc.subject	MEASUREMENT ERRORS
dc.subject	MICRO DATA
dc.subject	MICRO MODEL
dc.subject	MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subject	MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
dc.subject	MINORITY
dc.subject	MULTILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS
dc.subject	MULTILATERAL TRADE
dc.subject	NATIONAL INCOME
dc.subject	NATIONALS
dc.subject	NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP
dc.subject	OUTCOMES
dc.subject	PAYMENTS
dc.subject	PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
dc.subject	PER CAPITA INCOME
dc.subject	PER-CAPITA INCOME
dc.subject	POLICIES
dc.subject	POLICY INTERVENTIONS
dc.subject	POLICY MESSAGES
dc.subject	POLICY REFORM
dc.subject	POLICY REFORMS
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subject	POLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subject	POOR GROWTH
dc.subject	POOR HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject	POOR PEOPLE
dc.subject	POPULATION
dc.subject	POPULATION GROUP
dc.subject	POPULATION SIZE
dc.subject	POPULATION SUBGROUPS
dc.subject	POPULATIONS
dc.subject	POPULOUS COUNTRY
dc.subject	POST-REFORM
dc.subject	POVERTY CHANGES
dc.subject	POVERTY COMPARISONS
dc.subject	POVERTY ERADICATION
dc.subject	POVERTY INCIDENCE
dc.subject	POVERTY LINE
dc.subject	POVERTY LINES
dc.subject	POVERTY OUTCOMES
dc.subject	POVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subject	PRICE INCREASES
dc.subject	PRICES
dc.subject	PRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subject	PRIMARY SCHOOL
dc.subject	PRO-POOR
dc.subject	PRO-POOR GROWTH
dc.subject	PRODUCT
dc.subject	PRODUCTION COSTS
dc.subject	PROGRESS
dc.subject	PUBLIC GOODS
dc.subject	PURCHASING POWER
dc.subject	PURCHASING POWER PARITY
dc.subject	REAL GDP
dc.subject	REAL INCOME
dc.subject	REAL INCOMES
dc.subject	REAL WAGE
dc.subject	REAL WAGES
dc.subject	REDISTRIBUTIVE EFFECTS
dc.subject	REDUCTION IN POVERTY
dc.subject	REGIONAL DIFFERENCES
dc.subject	REGIONAL GROWTH
dc.subject	REGIONAL LEVEL
dc.subject	REGRESSION ANALYSIS
dc.subject	RELATIVE WAGES
dc.subject	RESPECT
dc.subject	SECTORAL COMPOSITION
dc.subject	SKILL LEVEL
dc.subject	SKILLED WORKERS
dc.subject	STRUCTURAL CHANGE
dc.subject	TAXES
dc.subject	TRADE
dc.subject	TRADE BARRIERS
dc.subject	TRADE LIBERALIZATION
dc.subject	TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
dc.subject	TRADE POLICY
dc.subject	UNEQUAL COUNTRIES
dc.subject	UNSKILLED LABOR
dc.subject	URBAN BIAS
dc.subject	URUGUAY ROUND
dc.subject	USE PER CAPITA
dc.subject	UTILITY
dc.subject	UTILITY FUNCTION
dc.subject	VALUE
dc.subject	VALUE ADDED
dc.subject	VARIABLES
dc.subject	VIRGIN
dc.subject	WAGES
dc.subject	WELFARE
dc.subject	WELFARE INDICATOR
dc.subject	WELFARE MEASURE
dc.subject	WOMAN
dc.subject	WORLD POPULATION
dc.subject	WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
dc.subject	WTO
dc.title	Global Income Distribution and Poverty in the Absence of Agricultural Distortions
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
dc.coverage	The World Region