scholarly journals Finishing Global Farm Trade Reform: implications for developing countries

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kym Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Trade Reform

International Agricultural Trade Reform and Developing Countries: The Case of the European Community

1998 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 632-646
Author(s):  
Joseph A. McMahon
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Economic Performance ◽  
Agricultural Policy ◽  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Agricultural Trade ◽  
Trade Reform ◽  
Food Imports ◽  
Sustainable Economic Growth

We are all aware that agriculture is important to developing countries as a source of income, employment and export earnings. To a far greater extent than in the OECD countries, agriculture it central to the economic performance of developing countries and the livelihood of their inhabitants. Rural societies in developing countries are directly dependent on the agricultural sector and urban dwellers rely on agriculture to provide food security and sustainable economic growth. Furthermore, many developing countries heavily rely on the export earnings or are highly dependent on food imports. Given the fact that the poorest and most threatened communities and countries are typically the most highly dependent, the resolution of pressing global agricultural policy and trade issues is critical to sustainable development and poverty alleviation.

Doha Merchandise Trade Reform: What Is at Stake for Developing Countries?

2006 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kym Anderson ◽  
Will Martin ◽  
Dominique van der Mensbrugghe
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Trade Reform ◽  
Merchandise Trade

scholarly journals Foreign Direct Investment, Exports, and Domestic Output in Pakistan

2003 ◽  
Vol 42 (4II) ◽  
pp. 715-723 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohsin Hasnain Ahmad ◽  
Shaista Alam ◽  
Mohammad Sabihuddin Butt
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Import Substitution ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Development Theory ◽  
Growth Theory ◽  
Trade Reform ◽  
Endogenous Growth Theory ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The impact of the policy reform on economic performance has been one of the stifling issues in development economics in the recent years. Since the middle 1970s, there has been considerable progress in the trade reform in the most developing countries, turning from an import substitution strategy to export-oriented approach. Pakistan also follows export-oriented policies. Pakistan’s trade pattern and trade policy have been moving towards fewer and fewer controls, tariffs rates have come tumbling down. Export-led-growth hypothesis (ELG) suggests that due to positive correlation between export and growth, therefore, export-oriented policies contribute to economic growth. Thus, international trade and development theory suggests that export growth contributes positively to economic growth. On the basis of this framework, most empirical work on the effects of export promoting strategy followed in developing countries evaluated openness with trade. Empirical research about the effect of this liberalisation process has treated export as principal channel for growth. The relationship with exports and growth, grounded in endogenous growth theory, has been tested for Pakistan [Khan (1995); Ahmad, Butt, and Alam (2000) and Akbar (2000)].

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