Trade-industiel changes in economic inequality : Assessment issues and policy implications for developing countries

Chabe-Ferret Sylvain, Gourdon Julien, Marouani Mohamed Ali, Voituriez Tancrède. 2009. Trade-industiel changes in economic inequality : Assessment issues and policy implications for developing countries. In : Trade, globalization and sustainability impact assessment : A critical look at methods and outcomes. Ekins Paul (ed.), Voituriez Tancrède (ed.). Londres : Earthscan Publications, 19-44. ISBN 978-1-84407-661-1

Résumé : The starting point of this paper is given by country situations where trade liberalization is expected to be poverty and inequality alleviating in the long run while inducing a short run increase in poverty or in inequality. The question we ask is what are the distributive aspects of trade which are worth documenting to better help governments integrate trade policies within a global policy framework so as to enhance growth and reduce poverty and inequality. The method followed is a literature review, organized according to three different acceptations of fairness implied by the "Development" objective of world trade liberalization agenda. A "pro-development" trade liberalization agenda should first correct past unfairness in trade regime, which raises the broad issue of country level trade liberalization¿s ex post impact assessment. It should equally reduce poverty, which points toward household level assessment. Last, because development is basically a dynamic process, the distributive-dynamic effects of trade liberalization are also considered. Across all these three definitions of fairness, the development objective of the Doha round proves to be an objective which trade liberalization cannot systematically achieve. A synthesis of our ten main results concludes the paper.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : développement économique

Classification Agris : E71 - Commerce international
E50 - Sociologie rurale
E14 - Économie et politique du développement

Champ stratégique Cirad : Axe 5 (2005-2013) - Politiques publiques, pauvreté et inégalités

Auteurs et affiliations

• Chabe-Ferret Sylvain
• Gourdon Julien
• Marouani Mohamed Ali
• Voituriez Tancrède, CIRAD-ES-UMR MOISA (FRA)

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