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Explore how Thai unilateral liberalization of food and beverages reduced poverty, releasing over 30,000 people. Discover factors impacting poverty reduction and the implications for rich and poor sectors. The study also highlights the significance of tax replacement in reducing poverty rates.
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Poverty Reduction in Thailand Sugar high and tobacco addiction Presented by Mia and Mitch GTAP 2007
Poverty Impacts Experiment: • Unilateral liberalization of other food and beverages • 4% of total value total imports • 3.5% of total value of output • Resulted in 58 percent increase in imports Pre-liberalization: 1.18 million in $1day poverty Post liberalization 30,700 people released from poverty terms of trade: -0.4399 average utility per capita: 0.3543
Thai unilateral liberalization of other food and beverage Term of Trade: -0.4399 AUP: 0.3543 Released from Poverty: 30,700 Rich Ag liberalization +Thai other food/bev Terms of Trade: 0.815 1.29 rich liberalization -.48 Thai liberalization AUP: 1.42 1.08 rich liberalization 0.36 Thai liberalization Released from Poverty: 70,000 40,000 rich liberalization 30,000 Thai liberalization Adding in Rich Country Ag Liberalization
Findings and Conclusions • Participating in liberalization, increases benefits for the poor • Opening sector with high concentration of poor, does not necessary hurt them • Rural diversified and Ag self-employed exhibit the greatest reduction in poverty • Factor prices increases and decreasing costs of living work together to reduce poverty • Tax replacement method important because increasing taxes increase poverty