development policy
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A quick summary of two articles about development policy and the role of tradeTRANSCRIPT
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DEVELOPMENT POLICY AND THE ROLE OF TRADECraig Belden & Heidi Correa
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THE WASHINGTON CONSENSUS: A POST-MORTEMRobert K. McCleery and Fernando De Paolis
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WASHINGTON CONSENSUS (WC) OVERVIEW Consists of ten factors
Maintenance of public exchange rate Privatization Macroeconomic stability Reforming tax systems Trade liberalization Liberalization of interest rates Deregulation Property rights Reordering public expenditures Liberalization of FDI
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THREE GROUPS Group One
Things that everyone agrees with Group Two
Factors that are correct if done right Group Three
A more contentious group
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CURRENT PROPONENTS OF THE WC
What would be their reasons for the WC not working like it was designed to?
Not the fault of the policies Problems of timing Lack of coordination Poor implementation
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THE WC VIEW OF GROWTH, POVERTY, AND DISTRIBUTION
“Trickle-down” Effect Current studies support this finding
Do you think that distribution is an important factor in poverty reduction?
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AUTHORS VIEW OF GROWTH, POVERTY, AND DISTRIBUTION
Distribution Matters! In egalitarian societies
Higher incentive to save and invest Land reform promote efficiency Universal education gives everyone a head start
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INEQUALITY AND GROWTH
Inverse relationship Inequality serves as an excuse for corruption
which can lead to Capital flight Rent seeking Tax evasion
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TRADE THEORY
Does increased trade reduce inequality?NO!
What is important is factor endowments of developing countries relative to other developing countries, NOT developed
China and India example
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CAN THE ARGUMENT FOR TRADE LIBERALIZATION BE SAVED?
It needs a link to the development of institutions
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WC VIEW ON INSTITUTIONAL INVOLVEMENT
The government should lay the foundation of economic growth in a country and leave everything else to the free market.
What does this mean? Give examples of actions a government should
take and actions they shouldn’t
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SHOULD
Provide legal system to protect property rights to encourage investment
Provide security Provide macroeconomic stability Provide basic social services Provide infrastructure
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SHOULDN’T
Directing credit Controlling prices of goods and services Intervening in labor markets Borrowing heavily Excessive taxing Blocking foreign investment Producing or distributing goods and services
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INTERVENTIONIST
They look at the East Asian model and see them doing both Arguing that it leads to short cuts Opponents could only say that it was not
transferable They “concluded that social institutions play
a vital complementary role to public policies”
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SIX LESSONS FROM EAST ASIA
Lesson one Failures
Lesson two Don’t kick them out, improve their capacity!
Lesson three Context matters
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LESSONS CONTINUED…
Lesson four Incentives
Lesson five Governance
Lesson six Accountability
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FINANCIAL LIBERALIZATION
According to Prasad, Rogoff, Wei, and Kose Financial integration is not a necessary condition
for achieving a high growth rate Example - China and India
Financial integration is not a sufficient condition for a fast economic growth rate
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FINAL THOUGHTS ON THE WC
Williams Views - Success Vs. The Authors (amongst many others) views -
South Korea, Indonesia, Thailand
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HOW TO HELP POOR COUNTRIESNancy Birdsall, Dani Rodrik,
& Arvind Subramanian
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FROM THE INSIDE OUT
History Economic Institutions
Political Institutions
Economic Success or
Failure
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MARKET ACCESS
Agriculture
Reducing subsidies & protection
Consumers and
taxpayers gain
Increase in world prices
Net exporters
gain
Developing countries
Might help rural poor Will hurt urban poor
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MARKET ACCESS
Increased reductions of trade barriers will mean taking away access to markets by doing away with preferential trade agreements and leaving developing countries to compete with other developing countries.
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SHOW ME THE MONEY
What are the central recommendation in regards to aid made by developing countries?
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SHOW ME THE MONEY
What are the central recommendation in regards to aid made by developing countries?
More AIDBetter
Management
Less Corruption
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SHOW ME THE MONEY
AID
Specific objective
Entails policy advice
Open Dialogue
Entails compromising
Can it create key
institutions and
long-term economic
health?
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BURDENS
-TRIPS
-Not enough space to craft their own economic policies
-Meeting demands before accession into the WTO
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POSITIVE STEPS
-Taking action against corrupt leaders-Assisting with R&D-Enhancing global labor majority-Prevention and resolution of conflicts and
humanitarian crises-Stopping arms sales-Stopping illegal trade (diamonds, drugs,
humans)-Reforming international economic institutions
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POSITIVE STEPS
-Taking action against corrupt leaders-Assisting R&D-Enhancing global labor majority-Prevention and resolution of conflicts and
humanitarian crises-Stopping arms sales-Stopping illegal trade (diamonds, drugs,
human)-Reforming international economic institutions
Can you think of
other creative
steps?
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ACTIVITY TIME!!!!!!!!!!
Haiti
Brazil
Sudan
Kazakhstan
Definitely
Mmm, Sometimes
Not in your life
Countries Categories
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WASHINGTON CONSENSUS Maintenance of public exchange rate Privatization Macroeconomic stability Reforming tax systems Trade liberalization Liberalization of interest rates Deregulation Property rights Reordering public expenditures Liberalization of FDI