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LIBÉRALISATION COMMERCIALE ET PAUVRETÉ EN AFRIQUE
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978-1-55250-458-1.jpg LIBÉRALISATION COMMERCIALE ET PAUVRETÉ EN AFRIQUE

Edited by John Cockburn, Bernard Decaluwé, and Ismaël Fofana

Les Presses de l'Université Laval/IDRC 2010
ISBN 978-2-7637-8853-1
e-ISBN 978-1-55250-458-1
312 pp.

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While the chief argument for trade liberalization is that it leads to improved living standards and well-being, its advocates also acknowledge that there are winners and losers. The diffusion of its benefits in developing countries (where resources are unevenly distributed to begin with) is therefore an issue of central importance to the debate.

A number of recent studies have found that in some countries, liberalized trade may benefit society’s most vulnerable by reducing the gap between rich and poor. Results in other countries are less favourable, indicating that freer trade may actually widen the gap between social classes. Since poor people generally lack the means and ability to profit from new opportunities in the market, some studies have proposed incentives to help poor people reap greater benefits from trade liberalization. These divergent findings give rise to questions (i.e. what is the source of these disagreements, can we draw lessons from them to help poor people in all countries benefit from freer trade, etc.).

In the course of this project, teams of researchers applied advancements in research on the distributional impact of freer trade, while taking the diversity and distinct character of African economies into account.

This book will be of interest to African decision-makers, professionals and organizations in African civil society, the staff of international agencies, and individuals interested in the issue of trade liberalization in Africa.

CONTENTS

Présentation

1. Libéralisation des échanges commerciaux et pauvreté en Afrique : la cas du Bénin
John Cockburn, Bernard Decaluwé Ismaël Fofana, Damien Mededji et André-Félix Sossou

2. Libéralisation du commerce extérieur et pauvreté en Afrique : la cas du Burkina Faso
John Cockburn, Bernard Decaluwé, Ismaël Fofana, Kassoum Zerbo, Samuel Tambi Kabore, Bernard K. BonziI, Claude Wetta , Fidèle Bama

3. Libéralisation du commerce extérieur et pauvreté en Afrique : la cas du Sénégal
John Cockburn, Bernard Decaluwé, Ismaël Fofana, Abdoul aye Diagne, Fatou Cissé et François Joseph Cabral

4. Libéralisation commerciale et pauvreté en Afrique : la cas du Cameroun
Christian Arnault Emini, Bernadette Kamgnia Dia, Luc Nembot Ndeffo, John Cockburn, Bernard Decaluwé et Ismaël Fofana

5. Libéralisation commerciale et pauvreté au Maroc : une analyse en équilibre général micro-simulé
Touhami Abdelkhalek

6. La libéralisation commerciale entraîne-t-elle un allègement de la pauvreté ? Une micro simulation en équilibre général calculable pour le Zimbabwe
Margaret Chitiga et Ramos Mabugu

7. Libéralisation des échanges et dynamique de la pauvreté en Tunisie : analyse avec une micro-simulation séquentielle
Sami Bibi et Rim Chatti

8. La protection du secteur des textiles et la pauvreté en Afrique du Sud : une analyse en équilibre général calculable dynamique micro-simulé
Ramos Mabugu et Margaret Chitiga

9. Libéralisation commerciale, discipline fiscale et impact à long terme sur la croissance et le marché du travail : une application à l’Afrique du Sud?
Hélène Maisonnave

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