Rice has long been one of the most protected commodities in world trade. Now the probable significant liberalisation of trade in rice is likely to have huge welfare implications for many countries dependent on its production and trade, particularly those in South Asia. This book explores the poverty and welfare implications of this liberalisation for India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, and identifies the effects on different groups within poor rice-dependent developing countries. This book will be of great interest to researchers and policy makers, in South Asia and elsewhere, looking at the distributional consequences of multilateral trade agreements in terms of poverty and welfare within individual countries.
Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Global Rice Trade Liberalisation: Implications from Some Alternative ScenariosChapter 3: Poverty and Welfare Implications of Global Rice Trade Liberalisation for BangladeshChapter 4: Assessing Macroeconomic and Welfare Implications of Global Rice Trade Liberalisation for IndiaChapter 5: Welfare and Poverty Implications of Global Rice and Agricultural Trade Liberalisation for PakistanChapter 6: Implications of Global Rice and Agricultural Market Liberalisation for Sri LankaReferences
Published by Commonwealth Secretariat Edited by Mohammad A. Razzaque March 2008 272 pp., 6 1/8" x 9"
Global Rice and Agricultural Trade Liberalization 
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