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Free Trade and Subnational Development: Economic Activity and Human Welfare

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creativework.datePublishedPublished: 09 May 2024
creativeworkseries.issn1564-698X
dc.contributor.authorCruzatti C, John
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-11T20:07:29Z
dc.date.available2025-02-11T20:07:29Z
dc.date.issued2025-02-11
dc.description.abstractThis paper delves into the subnational relationship between free trade agreements (FTAs) and human development worldwide. Utilizing a difference-in-differences and an event-study approach with high-spatial-resolution land-cover data and a comprehensive time series of national-level FTA indicators for 207 countries, the study quantifies the effects of FTAs on subnational development. The findings indicate a small negative impact of FTAs on the Human Development Index but a notable positive impact on economic activity, with urbanized regions benefiting the most. Unequal and more vulnerable regions grapple with declining human development indicators. The depth of FTAs does not sway these outcomes. These patterns raise questions about the inclusivity and equitable distribution of the benefits of trade liberalization. While prior literature has examined the national implications of FTAs, this paper provides insight into the subnational repercussions of FTAs. It emphasizes the role of inequality in hindering holistic developmental benefits from FTAs.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099535502052512835/IDU1e987c4ff135951440a1a9141bcf0c5f0a744
dc.identifier.citationThe World Bank Economic Review
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/wber/lhae018
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/42794
dc.identifier.issn0258-6770
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/42794
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherPublished by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorld Bank Economic Review
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectFTAs
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC ACTIVITY
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.titleFree Trade and Subnational Developmenten
dc.title.subtitleEconomic Activity and Human Welfareen
dc.typeJournal Article
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okr.associatedcontenthttps://academic.oup.com/wber/article/39/1/61/7667624 Journal website (version of record)
okr.date.disclosure2025-02-11
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-14T12:02:52.889994Z
okr.date.lastmodified2025-02-05T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypeJournal Article
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okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099535502052512835/IDU1e987c4ff135951440a1a9141bcf0c5f0a744
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okr.identifier.doi10.1093/wber/lhae018
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okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.geographicalWorld
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Free Trade
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Development
okr.unitEFI-MTI-TIC-Trade and RI (IFC) (EFIRI)
okr.volume39(1)
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