@article {10.34196/ijm.00029,
article_type = {journal},
title = {The Growth and Poverty Impacts of Trade Liberalization in Senegal},
author = {Cockburn, John and Corong, Erwin and Decaluwé, Bernard and Fofana, Ismaël and Robichaud, Véronique},
volume = 3,
number = 1,
year = 2010,
month = {jun},
pub_date = {2010-06-30},
pages = {109-113},
citation = {IJM 2010;3(1):109-113},
doi = {10.34196/ijm.00029},
url = {https://doi.org/10.34196/ijm.00029},
abstract = {Most empirical studies find relatively small welfare and poverty impacts of trade liberalization, mainly as a result of the static framework generally used, in which welfare gains and poverty impacts result solely from a short term reallocation of resources. Using Senegal as a case study, we illustrate the results of integrating the growth and productivity gain effects of trade liberalization with the resulting long-run impacts on welfare and poverty. We show that the distributional impacts between poor and non-poor depend upon the specific nature of the trade liberalization policies adopted; and the characteristics of the economy in which it occurs. In the Senegalese case, the predicted principal beneficiaries of trade liberalization are urban and higher skill workers.},
keywords = {trade liberalization, CGE, productivity gains, growth income curve},
journal = {IJM},
issn = {1747-5864},
publisher = {International Journal of Microsimulation},
}