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Informationen zum Autor MAURIZIO BUSSOLO is a Senior Economist at the World Bank. He has been working on quantitative analyses of economic policy and development including: poverty, income distribution, labor markets, remittances, international trade, Millennium Development Goals, agriculture, environment. Among his other activities, he monitors and forecasts macroeconomic trends in Latin America and the Caribbean and he has worked on several Economic and Sector Work projects with some very poor countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (Chad, Ghana, Ethiopia) and lower to middle income countries in Latin America (Brazil, Colombia, Nicaragua, Honduras, Panama). Before joining the World Bank, he worked at the OECD Development Centre, he was previously research fellow at the Overseas Development Institute in London, and also he was economist at Fedesarrollo and professor at the University Los Andes in Bogotá Colombia. He has published in international journals and his recent publications include: 'The Impact of Macroeconomic Policies on Poverty and Income Distribution: Macro-Micro Evaluation Techniques and Tools' jointly edited with Francois Bourguignon and Luiz Pereira da Silva. He holds a PhD in economics from the University of Warwick, UK.RAFAEL DE HOYOS earned a PhD in Economics from the University of Cambridge and is currently an Economist with the Development Economics Prospects Group at the World Bank. Before joining the World Bank, Rafael was a research fellow at the Judge Business School inthe University of Cambridge and an associate fellow at Anahuac University in Mexico City. He has also worked as a consultant to the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, in Mexico City and at the UN World Institute for Development Economics Research in Finland. Rafael had published various articles in specialized journals and books; his research was awarded the prestigious Banamex Economics Prize in 2007. Klappentext This Volume introduces the gender dimension in the empirical analyses on the links between trade and poverty. This study of gender disparities, which has been less prominent in the available literature, can shed some light in the trade and poverty debate and, in turn, may improve policy making. Zusammenfassung Introduces the gender dimension in the empirical analyses on the links between trade and poverty. This volume explores gender disparities and access to education! health! credit and other resources. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART I: ARE THERE ANY LINKS BETWEEN TRADE LIBERALIZATION, POVERTY AND GENDER EFFECTS? Gender Aspects of the Trade and Poverty Nexus: An Introduction and Overview; M.Bussolo & R.De Hoyos The Gender Effects of Trade Liberalization in Developing Countries: A Review of the Literature; M.Fontana PART II: THE MACRO APPROACH: SOCIAL ACCOUNTING MATRICES AND COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELS OF THE TRADE, GENDER AND POVERTY LINKAGES Oil Price Shocks, Poverty and Gender: A Social Accounting Matrix Analysis for Kenya; J.Nganou, J.Parra, & Q.Wodon Exports, Labor, Gender and Poverty: A Social Accounting Matrix Analysis for Senegal; I.Fofana, J.Carlos Parra Osorio & Q.Wodon Macroeconomic and Gender Impacts of Trade Liberalization and Growth in Developing Countries: A Comparison of Ghana, Honduras, Senegal and Uganda; J.Cockburn, B.Decaluwe, I.Fofana & V.Robichaud The Poverty and Gender Impacts of Trade Liberalization and Growth in Senegal; J.Cockburn, B.Decaluwe, I.Fofana & V.Robichaud PART III: THE MICRO APPROACH: HOUSEHOLD MODELS OF TRADE, GENDER AND POVERTY Could Higher Prices for Export Crops Reduce Women's Bargaining Power and Household Spending on Human Capital in Senegal?; M.Bussolo, R.De Hoyos & Q.Wodon Can Maquila Booms Reduce Poverty? Evidence from Honduras The Gendered Impact of Coffee Market Liberalization in Uganda; J.Golan & J.Lay Constraints to Export Supply Response in Ghana: Accounting for Gender Differentials; C.Ackah & J.Lay...
