The Cost of Rich (and Poor) Country Protection to Developing Countries

CIES Discussion Paper No. 0136

40 Pages Posted: 8 Jan 2002

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Kym Anderson

University of Adelaide - Centre for International Economic Studies (CIES); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); Australian National University

Betina Dimaranan

International Food Policy Research Institute; Purdue University - Department of Agricultural Economics

Joseph F. Francois

University of Bern - Department of Economics; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); Vienna Institute of International Economic Studies (WIIW); University of Adelaide - School of Economics

Thomas W. Hertel

Purdue University - Center for Global Trade Analysis; Center for Robust Decisionmaking on Climate & Energy Policy (RDCEP)

Bernard Hoekman

European University Institute - Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); Economic Research Forum (ERF)

Will J. Martin

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Date Written: September 2001

Abstract

This study confirms that substantial barriers to market access will remain in both rich and poor countries following full implementation of the Uruguay Round agreement. The analysis finds that around 40 percent of the costs of these barriers to developing countries arise from barriers to market access in industrial countries, and 60 percent from barriers in developing countries themselves. The results suggest that there would be large gains to almost all regions from a round of negotiations that increased market access in North and South. In Africa, the potential static gains from multilateral reform appear to exceed those from preferential liberalization, without the well-known disadvantages of a preferential approach.

Suggested Citation

Anderson, Kym and Dimaranan, Betina and Francois, Joseph F and Hertel, Thomas W. and Hoekman, Bernard and Martin, William J., The Cost of Rich (and Poor) Country Protection to Developing Countries (September 2001). CIES Discussion Paper No. 0136, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=295498 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.295498

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Thomas W. Hertel

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