TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of trade policy pertaining to imported processed food on poorer health outcomes of people’s in the Pacific island countries.Design/methodology/approach Using an extended gravity model, the paper adopts the OLS time varying importer/exporter effects method and a Pseudo Poisson maximum likelihood estimator on a cross-sectional panel data set of 215 countries and territories. The estimation procedure controlled for 11 Pacific island countries between 2003 and 2013.Findings The empirical findings revealed a positive and statistically significant relationship between trade liberalisation and increased processed food imports in the Pacific island countries. The findings also reveal that the access ratio (kg/person) to selected imported processed food high in salt to Pacific island countries has increased significantly over time.Originality/value While much of the trade literature reveals positive impact of trade on the prosperity of nations, this study makes a new contribution in terms of supporting a negative impact of trade liberalisation policy on people’s health in small island developing states.
VL  - 44
IS  - 6
SN  - 0306-8293
DO  - 10.1108/IJSE-09-2015-0252
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSE-09-2015-0252
AU  - ‘Ofa Siope Vakataki
AU  - Gani Azmat
PY  - 2017
Y1  - 2017/01/01
TI  - Trade policy and health implication for Pacific island countries
T2  - International Journal of Social Economics
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 816
EP  - 830
Y2  - 2024/04/24
ER  -