Vol. 16 No. 33 (2021)

Artículos

Trade liberation to achieve the sustainable development goals?

Published 2021-06-20 — Updated on 2021-06-21

  • Isidro Enrique Zepeda Ortega
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  • María Fernanda Martínez Hernández

Isidro Enrique Zepeda Ortega
National Autonomous University of Mexico image/svg+xml

María Fernanda Martínez Hernández
Parque Científico y Tecnológico de Morelos, Secretaría de Desarrollo Económico y del Trabajo de Morelos

Abstract

There is an inconclusive discussion regarding the effects that exist between the commercial opening and the growth of the countries and the develop¬ment conditions of their inhabitants. This document analyzes the effects of trade and trade liberalization on the Sustainable Development Goals and the feasibility of the WTO proposals. Through an integrated data panel with 29 countries and a 10-year horizon (2005-2015), six models were analyzed and it was shown that trade opening does not clearly favor the reduction of poverty, malnutrition and inequality, which makes it difficult believe that they reach these three SDGs.

Keywords

liberalization, economic growth, developed and developing countries

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