Agricultural Policy and Trade Reform
Potential Effects at Global, National and Household Levels
Widespread agricultural policy reform would undoubtedly improve global economic welfare but would also produce a complex pattern of economic winners and losers. Using a combination of global, national and household level analysis, this study examines such distributional implications focusing especially on differences in policy effects among countries and between different sectoral and household constituencies within countries. Case study summaries are included for Brazil, Italy, Malawi, Mexico, and the United States.
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Executive Summary
This study looks into the implications of reducing agricultural trade protection and trade distorting domestic support, with a focus on the level and distribution of income across nations and within countries. The findings corroborate those obtained in many previous studies, showing that such policy reform would improve both global economic welfare and the welfare of the countries implementing such reforms.
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