1st Edition
Pro-poor Growth and Liberalization in Developing Economies The Case of Nepal
By Sanjaya Acharya
Copyright 2012
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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By looking at the link between trade liberalization and pro-poor growth in Nepal, this book explores how a developing and transition economy can attain higher and pro-poor growth along with the ongoing trend of globalization. The author develops a social accounting database for Nepal and applies it to quantify computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to investigate the trade-offs between growth... Read more
1. Background and Objectives 2. Nepalese Trade Policy Reforms 3. Liberalization Reforms and Poverty: Theory and Empirics 4. The Social Accounting Matrix of Nepal 5. Nepal CGE Model and Calibration: Simulations of Liberalization and Reform Policies 6. Dynamic Nepal CGE Model: Higher and Pro-poor Growth 7. Summary, Conclusion and Policy Implications
Biography
Sanjaya Acharya is a Senior Researcher for New ERA, a non-profit research organization in Nepal. His research interests include growth and distribution in developing economies.
