Trade Liberalisation and Poverty in South Asia

Athukorala, Prema‐chandra; Bandaralage, Jayatilleke; Kelegama, Saman

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“…Currently, applied tariff rates in Sri Lanka are relatively low by developing country standards. In 1977, the country moved from a dual exchange rate regime to a unified exchange rate regime as part of its financial market reforms (Athukorala and Rajapatirana, 2000; Athukorala et al, 2011). These economic liberalisation policies aimed to boost the country’s economic growth through growth in the export sector.…”

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Impact of the Effective Exchange Rate on the Trade Balance of Sri Lanka: Evidence from 2000 to 2013

Senadheera

2015

Margin: The Journal of Applied Economic Research

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This study investigates the possibility of improving the trade balance of Sri Lanka through currency depreciation. An error correction model (ECM) was used to examine the shortterm and long-term effects of nominal and real effective exchange rate depreciation on the trade balance. While there is no long-run relationship between the real effective exchange rate and the trade balance, depreciation of the nominal effective exchange rate will lead to a deterioration of the trade balance in the long term. Further, the results indicate that there is a positive causality relationship from the real GDP to the trade balance. Conversely, growth in money supply will worsen the country's trade balance in the long run. The empirical findings show that currency devaluation is not an effective policy tool to improve the country's trade balance.

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Impact of the Effective Exchange Rate on the Trade Balance of Sri Lanka: Evidence from 2000 to 2013

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2015

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“…A Summary of Trade Regimes in South Asian Countries, circa 2011Athukorala, Bandara and Kelegama 2011 (updated to 2011 using the same sources). Prema-chandra Athukorala automatic approval, various financial incentives, relaxing restrictions on repatriation of profits and capital, fast tracking of FDI approvals, guarantees against nationalization and expropriation, and signing investment protection agreements with source countries of FDI.…”

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Intra-regional FDI and Economic Integration in South Asia

Athukorala¹

2014

South Asia Economic Journal

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This article examines trends and patterns of intra-regional foreign direct investment (FDI) in South Asia, with a focus on the potential for integrating production processes among countries in the region through further trade and investment policy reforms. The empirical evidence pieced together from scattered sources suggests that horizontal (market seeking) FDI has continued to dominate South Asian intra-regional FDI, with a significant shift in recent years in favour of services sector activities. Vertical (efficiency seeking) FDI in the region has remained confined to a few product lines, predominately garments, and also a few industries in which the availability of specific natural resources plays an important role in the site selection decisions of firms. In other industries, including electronics and electrical goods in which global production sharing is heavily concentrated, there is no evidence of notable cross-border operations by regional firms. JEL: F21, F23, F53, O33

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Trade Liberalization and Poverty in Fiji: A Computable General Equilibrium - Microsimulation Analysis

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2013

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Trade Liberalisation and Poverty in South Asia

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References 69 publications

Impact of the Effective Exchange Rate on the Trade Balance of Sri Lanka: Evidence from 2000 to 2013

Impact of the Effective Exchange Rate on the Trade Balance of Sri Lanka: Evidence from 2000 to 2013

Intra-regional FDI and Economic Integration in South Asia

Trade Liberalization and Poverty in Fiji: A Computable General Equilibrium - Microsimulation Analysis

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