Agricultural trade liberalization and poverty in Brazil

This paper addresses the potential effects of a world agricultural trade liberalization scenario on poverty and regional income distribution in Brazil, using an interregional applied general equilibrium (AGE) and microsimulation model of Brazil, tailored for income distribution and poverty analysis....

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Autor principal: Filho, Joachim Bento de Souza Ferreira
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161816
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description This paper addresses the potential effects of a world agricultural trade liberalization scenario on poverty and regional income distribution in Brazil, using an interregional applied general equilibrium (AGE) and microsimulation model of Brazil, tailored for income distribution and poverty analysis. The model distinguishes 10 different labor types and 270 different household expenditure patterns. Income can originate from 41 different production activities (which produce 52 commodities), located in 27 states in the country. The AGE model is linked to a microsimulation model that includes 112,055 Brazilian households and 263,938 adults. The scenario is generated from a previous run of the MIRAGE model, which assesses the likely impacts of a Doha Development Agenda agreement, based on the draft on agriculture by Crawford Falconer and the draft on nonagricultural market access by Don Stephenson. The results of this global scenario are transmitted to the Brazilian model. Poverty and income distribution indexes are computed over the entire sample of households and persons, before and after the introduction of policy shocks. Model results show that the simulated trade policy shocks have positive effects on poverty and income distribution in Brazil. The simulated effects on poverty and income distribution are positive in aggregate, with benefits concentrated in the poorest households. The results, however, differ across the Brazilian territory, worsening in some important states, where the poverty and inequality indicators increase. The gains in agriculture are found to benefit all the agents involved, from workers to small producers to large farmers, rejecting the idea that just large farmers would gain.
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spelling CGSpace1618162025-11-06T07:21:56Z Agricultural trade liberalization and poverty in Brazil Filho, Joachim Bento de Souza Ferreira economic integration poverty income distribution globalization markets trade This paper addresses the potential effects of a world agricultural trade liberalization scenario on poverty and regional income distribution in Brazil, using an interregional applied general equilibrium (AGE) and microsimulation model of Brazil, tailored for income distribution and poverty analysis. The model distinguishes 10 different labor types and 270 different household expenditure patterns. Income can originate from 41 different production activities (which produce 52 commodities), located in 27 states in the country. The AGE model is linked to a microsimulation model that includes 112,055 Brazilian households and 263,938 adults. The scenario is generated from a previous run of the MIRAGE model, which assesses the likely impacts of a Doha Development Agenda agreement, based on the draft on agriculture by Crawford Falconer and the draft on nonagricultural market access by Don Stephenson. The results of this global scenario are transmitted to the Brazilian model. Poverty and income distribution indexes are computed over the entire sample of households and persons, before and after the introduction of policy shocks. Model results show that the simulated trade policy shocks have positive effects on poverty and income distribution in Brazil. The simulated effects on poverty and income distribution are positive in aggregate, with benefits concentrated in the poorest households. The results, however, differ across the Brazilian territory, worsening in some important states, where the poverty and inequality indicators increase. The gains in agriculture are found to benefit all the agents involved, from workers to small producers to large farmers, rejecting the idea that just large farmers would gain. 2009 2024-11-21T09:58:29Z 2024-11-21T09:58:29Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161816 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Filho, Joachim Bento de Souza Ferreira. 2009. Agricultural trade liberalization and poverty in Brazil. IFPRI Discussion Paper 874. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161816
spellingShingle economic integration
poverty
income distribution
globalization
markets
trade
Filho, Joachim Bento de Souza Ferreira
Agricultural trade liberalization and poverty in Brazil
title Agricultural trade liberalization and poverty in Brazil
title_full Agricultural trade liberalization and poverty in Brazil
title_fullStr Agricultural trade liberalization and poverty in Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Agricultural trade liberalization and poverty in Brazil
title_short Agricultural trade liberalization and poverty in Brazil
title_sort agricultural trade liberalization and poverty in brazil
topic economic integration
poverty
income distribution
globalization
markets
trade
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161816
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