Economic reforms and trade liberalisation policies have been
widely adopted in developing countries in recent years. Pakistan is no
exception. This paper focuses on the effects of economic reform policies
on the agricultural export performance. A number of studies have
investigated the effects of trade liberalisation on export growth in
developing countries, and have reached inconclusive results. Some
studies have identified positive effects of trade liberalisation on
export performance [Krueger (1997); Bleaney (1999); and Ahmed (2002)],
others confirmed an insignificant or even a negative relationship
[Greenaway, et al. (1994); Jenkins (1996) and Greenaway, et al. (2002)].
There are number of reasons for conflicting conclusions including
different researchers have used different indicators for liberalisation
and different methods to analyse the effect; difference in the extent of
liberalisation studies; most studies have analysed scenarios rather than
evaluating the effects, and so on.
Trade Liberalisation and Export Performance in Selected Developing Countries
