Nicita, Alessandro2012-06-182012-06-182005-09https://hdl.handle.net/10986/8292Empirical evidence suggests that global trade reforms are unlikely to produce analogous results across countries, especially when analyzing their effect on poverty. This implies that the analysis of trade reform on social welfare cannot be generalized and needs to be conducted on a country by country basis. Moreover, even within the same country, geographic areas, households, and individuals are likely to be differentially affected, some of them benefiting more than others, while others might lose. With this in mind, the author provides a quantitative estimate of the effect on Mexican households from the implementation of the Doha development agenda. His analysis uses a two-step approach for which changes in prices and factors are estimated through a CGE model (GTAP) and then mapped into the welfare function of the household using household survey data. The empirical approach the author uses aims to measure the impact of Doha implementation by tracing changes in the household prices of goods and factors and their impact on household welfare, taking particular account the role of domestic price transmission. The findings suggest that multilateral trade liberalization alone would have a negative effect on Mexican households, even though very small. However, when the implementation of the Doha development agenda is complemented by domestic policies aimed at increasing productivity and improving domestic price transmission, the overall effects become positive. The results point to the importance of domestic price transmission in determining the variance of the effects across households.CC BY 3.0 IGOAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTSAGRICULTURAL SECTORAGRICULTUREAPPARELAVERAGE PRICESBORDER PRICECOMPETITIVE MARKETSCONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKCONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALECONSUMERSCPICURRENCYDATA SETDATA SETSDEPENDENT VARIABLEDEVALUATIONDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT POLICYECONOMIC CRISISECONOMIC GROWTHELASTICITIESELASTICITYEMPIRICAL EVIDENCEEQUILIBRIUMEXCHANGE RATEEXCHANGE RATESEXPENDITURESEXPORT QUANTITIESEXPORT SUBSIDIESEXPORT SUPPLYEXPORTSEXTREME POVERTYFOOD POVERTY LINEFULL LIBERALIZATIONFULL TRADE LIBERALIZATIONGAINGENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELGLOBAL TRADEGLOBAL TRADE ANALYSISHOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICSHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTIONHOUSEHOLD DATAHOUSEHOLD HEADHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD LEVELHOUSEHOLD SIZEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHOUSEHOLD WELFAREIMPACT OF TRADEIMPACT OF TRADE POLICIESIMPACT OF TRADE REFORMSIMPORT PRICESIMPORTSINCOMEINCOME GROUPSINCOME HOUSEHOLDSINCOME LEVELINCOMPLETE MARKETSINCREASING RETURNSINTERNATIONAL MARKETSINTERNATIONAL PRICESINTERNATIONAL TRADEINTERNATIONAL TRADE POLICIESLABOR MARKETLABOR MARKETSLOCAL LEVELMARKET PRICESMARKETINGMARKETING INFRASTRUCTUREMULTILATERAL TRADEMULTILATERAL TRADE LIBERALIZATIONNATIONAL LEVELNATURAL RESOURCESPOLICY RESEARCHPOORPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOOR LIVINGPOSITIVE EFFECTSPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPOVERTY LEVELSPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY LINESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPREFERENTIAL ACCESSPRICE CHANGESPRICE EFFECTPRICE MECHANISMPRODUCERSPRODUCT DIFFERENTIATIONPRODUCTIVITYREAL INCOMEREAL TERMSRETAILRETAIL PRICESRURAL AREASRURAL HOUSEHOLDSRURAL POORSALESSPREADSUBSTITUTE PRODUCTSSUBSTITUTESSURPLUSSURPLUS LABORTARIFF DATATARIFF REDUCTIONSTAXATIONTIME SERIESTRADE COSTSTRADE DATATRADE LIBERALIZATIONTRADE NEGOTIATIONSTRADE OPPORTUNITIESTRADE POLICIESTRADE REFORMTRADE REFORMSTRADE SHOCKSTRANSFER PAYMENTSTRANSPORT COSTSUNSKILLED LABORURBAN AREASURBAN HOUSEHOLDSURBAN POORWAGE INCOMEWAGESWELFARE FUNCTIONWELFARE GAINSWORLD PRICESWTOMultilateral Trade Liberalization and Mexican Households : The Effect of the Doha Development AgendaWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-3707