Evaluating Alternative Approaches to Poverty Alleviation.

This paper uses a partial equilibrium framework to evaluate the relative efficiency, distributional and revenue implications of rice tariffs and targeted transfers in Madagascar, especially in the context of identifying their respective roles for poverty alleviation. Although there are likely to be...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dorosh, Paul A.
Otros Autores: Coady, David, Minten, Bart
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : International Monetary Fund, 2008.
Colección:IMF Working Papers.
Temas:
Rice trade > Madagascar > Econometric models.
Tariff on farm produce > Madagascar > Econometric models.
Poverty > Madagascar > Econometric models.
Riz > Commerce > Madagascar > Modèles économétriques.
Produits agricoles > Droits de douane > Madagascar > Modèles économétriques.
Pauvreté > Madagascar > Modèles économétriques.
Economic history
Economic policy > Econometric models
Poverty > Econometric models
Rice trade > Econometric models
Madagascar > Economic policy > Econometric models.
Madagascar > Economic conditions > Econometric models.
Madagascar > Politique économique > Modèles économétriques.
Madagascar > Conditions économiques > Modèles économétriques.
Madagascar
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • I. Introduction; II. A Partial Equilibrium Model; A. The Model; B. Rice Tariff Reform; C. Targeted Transfers; D. Welfare Weights; III. The Welfare Impact of Tariffs and Transfers; A. Lowering Rice Tariffs; Figures; 1. Cumulative Densities of Per Capita Consumption; 2a. Net Sellers/Buyers by Welfare Group, Urban; 2b. Net Sellers/Buyers by Welfare Group, Rural; 3a. Net Purchases by Welfare Group: Urban; 3b. Net Purchases by Welfare Group: Rural; 4a. Welfare Impact of Rice Price Decrease: Urban; 4b. Welfare Impact of Rice Price Decrease, Rural; Tables.
  • 1. Distribution of Welfare Impact from Tariff Increase Across Households2. Marginal Cost of Public Funds for Different Import Elasticities; 3. Welfare Impact of Lower Rice Tariff; B. Targeted Transfers; 5. Undercoverage and Leakage, Urban and Rural; C. Tariffs, Transfers, or Both?; 4. Welfare Impact of Proxy-Means Targeted Transfers; IV. From Partial to General Equilibrium Analysis; 6. Welfare Impact of Tariff Reductions and Targeted Transfers; V. Summary and Conclusions; Appendix; I. The Madagascar EPM Household Survey; Appendix Table; 5. Mean Per Capita Consumption and Welfare Weights.

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