Trade Policy and Global Poverty

The stakes of the poor in trade policy are large: Free trade can help 500 million people escape poverty and inject $200 billion annually into the economies of developing countries, according to author William R. Cline. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the potential for trade liberalization to spur growth and reduce poverty in developing countries.

It quantifies the impact on global poverty of industrial-country liberalization, as well as liberalization by the developing countri...