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IV. Analyzing the Impact of Trade Liberalization and Devaluation on Poverty »
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Source: Poverty and Social Impact Analysis by the IMF : Review of Methodology and Selected Evidence
Series: Books
Author(s): Robert Gillingham
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 17 March 2008
ISBN: 9781589066625
Keywords: trade liberalization, partial equilibrium, income distribution, subsidies, sales taxes
A. Introduction and Summary Trade liberalization and devaluation (TLD) policies have always been present in many IMF-supported programs. Tariffs, quot...
Poverty and Social Impact Analysis by the IMF : Review of Methodology and Selected Evidence »
Book
Series: Books
Author(s): Robert Gillingham
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 17 March 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781589066625.071
ISBN: 9781589066625
Keywords: trade liberalization, partial equilibrium, income distribution, subsidies, sales taxes
The Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) is used by the IMF to provide support for countries' implementation of their poverty reduction and growth strategies. A key requirement in the design of PRGF program...
Thailand : The Road to Sustained Growth »
Book
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Erik Offerdal , Kalpana Kochhar , Louis Dicks-Mireaux , Jianping Zhou , Mauro Mecagni , and Balázs Horváth
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 13 December 1996
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781557756039.084
ISBN: 9781557756039
Keywords: private investment, wages, wage, fiscal policy, adjustment period
Since the mid-1960s, Thailand's growth performance has been exceptional. Although hard hit by the external shocks fo the late 1970s and the early 1980s that proved severely destabilizing to many developing countrie...