The Impact of Technical Measures on Agricultural Trade: A Case of Uganda, Senegal, and Mali."Improving Food Security through Agricultural Trade"

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dc.contributor.authorNakakeeto, Gertrudeen
dc.contributor.committeecochairNorton, George W.en
dc.contributor.committeecochairGrant, Jason H.en
dc.contributor.committeememberTaylor, Daniel B.en
dc.contributor.departmentAgricultural and Applied Economicsen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:44:38Zen
dc.date.adate2011-09-22en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:44:38Zen
dc.date.issued2011-07-08en
dc.date.rdate2011-09-22en
dc.date.sdate2011-09-01en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis estimates the impact of non-tariff measures (NTMs) notified by the importing countries on agricultural trade. The non-tariff measures constitute the technical measures notified under the SPS and TBT agreements and the non-technical measures to trade. Two approaches are used; the inventory approach and the econometric approach which makes use of the gravity model. The inventory results suggest that African countries face more restrictions on their exports than what they impose on their imports. Also, Uganda, Senegal and Mali are among the top twenty most affected importers. The empirical results suggest that the impact of the overall group on non-tariff measures is ambiguous but when measures are disaggregated into technical and non-technical measures, the results show that the technical measures promote agricultural trade and that the non-technical measures restrict trade. Also, imports of industrialized nations from fellow industrialized nations are promoted by the technical measures but are restricted by non-technical measures, while those from non-industrialized countries are affected negatively by both technical and non-technical measures. Out of the five regions considered, Africa faces the largest negative impact by both technical and non-technical measures.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-09012011-071554en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09012011-071554/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/34887en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartNakakeeto_G_T_2011_1.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectStaple Foodsen
dc.subjectSanitary and phytosanitary Measuresen
dc.subjectTechnical Measuresen
dc.subjectGravity Modelen
dc.titleThe Impact of Technical Measures on Agricultural Trade: A Case of Uganda, Senegal, and Mali."Improving Food Security through Agricultural Trade"en
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineAgricultural and Applied Economicsen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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