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100			_aNicita, Alessandro _935477
245			_aMultilateral trade liberalization and Mexican households: the effect of the Doha development agenda _cNicita, Alessandro
260			_aWashington, D.C. _bThe World Bank _c2005 _995876
300			_a30 p.
440			_aPolicy Research Working Paper, no. 3707 _9101858
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
520			_a4Empirical evidence suggests that global trade reforms are unlikely to produce analogous results across countries, especially when analyzing their effect on poverty. This implies that the analysis of trade reform on social welfare cannot be generalized and needs to be conducted on a country by country basis. Moreover, even within the same country, geographic areas, households, and individuals are likely to be differentially affected, some of them benefiting more than others, while others might lose. With this in mind, the author provides a quantitative estimate of the effect on Mexican households from the implementation of the Doha development agenda. His analysis uses a two-step approach for which changes in prices and factors are estimated through a CGE model (GTAP) and then mapped into the welfare function of the household using household survey data. The empirical approach the author uses aims to measure the impact of Doha implementation by tracing changes in the household prices of goods and factors and their impact on household welfare, taking particular account the role of domestic price transmission. The findings suggest that multilateral trade liberalization alone would have a negative effect on Mexican households, even though very small. However, when the implementation of the Doha development agenda is complemented by domestic policies aimed at increasing productivity and improving domestic price transmission, the overall effects become positive. The results point to the importance of domestic price transmission in determining the variance of the effects across households. ""--World Bank web site
650			_aFree trade - Mexico
650			_aHouseholds - Mexico
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