Trade Openness, Malnourishment and Income Inequality in South Asia

Zakaria, Muhammad; Junyang, Xi; Fida, Bashir Ahmed

doi:10.1163/15692108-12341114

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“…The results highlight that the economic growth and regional trade of India are found significant short and long run spillovers on the economic growth of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan [16]. Zakaria et al (2016) empirically examine the effects of trade liberalization on undernourishment and income inequality in South Asian countries (SACS). The estimated results reveal that undernourishment has decreased while income inequality has increased in the region after liberalization [17].…”

Section: Trade and Economic Growthmentioning

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A study on the belt and road initiative’s trade and its influencing factors: Evidence of China-South Asia’s panel data

Zhou

Yang-hai²,

et al. 2023

PLoS ONE

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The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a development plan proposed by China that aims to build a new platform for international cooperation and create new drivers of shared development. South Asia is a key area in the Belt and Road Initiative, including eight countries. As the BRI implemented, China’s trade with South Asia has been gradually strengthened. This paper explores the influencing factors of China-South Asia trade under the background of the BRI by using Gravity Model of Trade. The results show that economic growth in China and South Asia, increase of savings rate and improvement of industrialization in South Asia has a significant positive effect on China-South Asia trade. While the development gap between China and South Asia has negative effect on China-South Asia trade.

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Section: Trade and Economic Growthmentioning

confidence: 99%

A study on the belt and road initiative’s trade and its influencing factors: Evidence of China-South Asia’s panel data

Zhou

Yang-hai²,

et al. 2023

PLoS ONE

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“…Devido ao processo de liberalização comercial, houve diminuição da desnutrição nos países do sul da Ásia (Zakaria et al, 2016). A grilagem de terras oprime os pequenos agricultores e faz com que o foco da produção seja em commodities que não tem valor comercial na África ocidental e África subsaariana (Pirkle et al, 2015;Sibanda 2015).…”

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“…Para analisar os efeitos da liberalização do comércio de alimentos na segurança alimentar, Zakaria et al (2016) analisou os países do sul da Ásia (Bangladesh, Índia, Nepal, Paquistão e Sri Lanka). Os resultados revelaram que a desnutrição diminuiu enquanto a desigualdade de renda aumentou na região após a liberalização.…”

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Segurança alimentar e liberalização comercial do mercado de alimentos: uma revisão sistemática

Machado

Burbarelli

Garcia

et al. 2023

Rev. Econ. Sociol. Rural

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Resumo: O objetivo deste artigo foi identificar o papel da liberalização do comércio de alimentos na segurança alimentar tomando como base dados científicos da literatura internacional e visando elucidar pontos positivos ou negativos. Uma revisão sistemática foi realizada nas bases Web of Science e Scopus no período de 2015 a 2019. Foram identificados dezesseis trabalhos, observando os critérios de inclusão e exclusão estabelecidos. Foi possível constatar que a literatura sobre o tema em questão permanece ambígua, não havendo consenso sobre os reais ganhos ou perdas. A natureza e a magnitude do efeito da liberalização na segurança alimentar dependem de vários fatores, como o grau de adaptabilidade dos pobres às mudanças nas condições econômicas; o grau de exposição dos países às importações de alimentos; a presença de condições iniciais favoráveis; as medidas de acompanhamento; e o horizonte temporal considerado na pesquisa.

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“…Berggren's call for more studies of economic freedom as a driver of variables other than income inequality has been heard. Several papers show that economic freedom promotes public health (Graa and, 2020;Sharma, 2020;Stroup, 2006;Naanwaab, 2018;Zakaria et al 2016). Meierrieks & Renner (2017) nd that economic freedom in developing countries makes high-skilled labor less likely to migrate.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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When does Economic Freedom promote Equitable Social Development?

Merkel

Marktanner

2023

Preprint

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Why do some countries successfully combine economic freedom with equitable social development while others do not? We focus on the sectors of health, education, and social safety as drivers of economic freedom with equitable social development. To capture the latter, we create an index of economic freedom and Gini. Yet, identifying the exact role of government in our focus areas is difficult. Necessary data is either not available or comparable. We therefore suggest focusing on revealed relative policy strengths. This approach rests on the assumption that higher per capita incomes, all else equal, allow for better public health, greater human capital, and improved social safety. When two countries have the same income per capita, but one country performs better in any of our three focus sectors, then, we conclude, the better performing country must have a revealed relative policy strength in that sector. Our findings suggest that countries with greater revealed relative policy strengths in public health, social safety, and human capital are more effective in combining market freedom with equitable social development. In fact, we find that it is the revealed relative policy strengths that drive economic freedom with equitable social development, not the other way around. JEL Classification: D63 Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement I14 Health and Inequality I24 Education and Inequality O15 Human Resources • Human Development • Income Distribution • Migration

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Trade Openness, Malnourishment and Income Inequality in South Asia

Cited by 5 publications

References 23 publications

A study on the belt and road initiative’s trade and its influencing factors: Evidence of China-South Asia’s panel data

A study on the belt and road initiative’s trade and its influencing factors: Evidence of China-South Asia’s panel data

Segurança alimentar e liberalização comercial do mercado de alimentos: uma revisão sistemática

When does Economic Freedom promote Equitable Social Development?

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