The Impacts of Corn Import Tariff Removal On Economy, Welfare And Poverty In Indonesia: Computable General Equilibrium Approach

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Title

The Impacts of Corn Import Tariff Removal On Economy, Welfare And Poverty In Indonesia: Computable General Equilibrium Approach

Subject

Corn Import

Description

This study aims to analyze the impacts of corn import tariff removal on economy, welfare, and poverty in Indonesia. The analisis was conducted using static CGE model based on Social Accounting Matric data and Input Output Table data of 2008 and SUSENAS data. The result shows that corn import tariff removal impacted on economic performances, such as decreasing domestic production, import, and export of involved sectors, yet increasing domestic production of corn sector and other agriculture sectors. The increase of domestic production resulted on the raising of income level on all household classifications in the study, so that it raised the welfare. Import tariff removal impacted on the decrease of poverty level because household welface increased so that it can fulfill their daily needs. The increase of welfare on all clasifications of household impacted on the decrease of poverty, which included the level of poverty, the level of poverty gap, and the level of poverty inequality.

Creator

Dr. ERMAWATI DEWI, S.P., M.M.

Publisher

Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences

Format

TEXT

Language

ENGLISH