Trade Policy as Well as Non Trade Policy Reforms and Export Performance of Agricultural Commodities: An Empirical View of Developing Countries

Tomson Odongo

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Trade Policy as Well as Non Trade Policy Reforms and Export Performance of Agricultural Commodities: An Empirical View of Developing Countries

Tomson Odongo

Published in International Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (Volume 3, Issue 4)

Received: 17 July 2015 Accepted: 28 July 2015 Published: 6 August 2015

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This paper reviews relevant literatures to provide an empirical view on the role of trade policy as well as non trade policy reforms on export performance of agricultural commodities from developing countries during the 1990s and the subsequent years. The study discovered that trade policy reforms introduced to developing countries during the 1990 are central in determining output and consequently export performance of agricultural commodities. The study recommends for promotion of trade policy reforms within agricultural sector in developing countries in order to promote export performance of agricultural commodities.

Published in	International Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (Volume 3, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijebo.20150304.12
Page(s)	65-68
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Trade Policy, Non Trade Policy Reforms, Export Performance of Agricultural Commodities

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Tomson Odongo. Trade Policy as Well as Non Trade Policy Reforms and Export Performance of Agricultural Commodities: An Empirical View of Developing Countries. Int J Econ Behav Organ. 2015;3(4):65-68. doi: 10.11648/j.ijebo.20150304.12

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Tomson Odongo. Trade Policy as Well as Non Trade Policy Reforms and Export Performance of Agricultural Commodities: An Empirical View of Developing Countries. Int J Econ Behav Organ. 2015;3(4):65-68. doi: 10.11648/j.ijebo.20150304.12

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