Selected Developmental Aspects of Trade and Trade Policies : Final Report

This report presents the results of a review of the economic literature on selected developmental aspects of international trade trends and trade policies in less developed countries between 2000 and 2011. The views expressed are those which were considered by the authors of this report as reflecting most significantly the stand of the literature on the subject without excluding that dissents exist in the community of economists.

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Alternative title:	Selected Developmental Aspects of Trade and Trade Policies : A literature review
Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Bineau, Yannick ; Montalbano, Pierluigi
Institutions:	HTSPE (contributor) ; S.A. Sopex (contributor) ; Europäische Kommission (contributor)
Subject:	Bibliographie \| bibliography \| Entwicklungsland \| developing country \| Entwicklungspolitik \| development policy \| EU \| Handel \| commerce \| Wirtschaft \| economy \| 2000 - 2011

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
INTRODUCTION
PART I
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES’ TRADE LIBERALIZATION AND INTEGRATION INTO THE WORLD ECONOMY: CONCEPTS, INDICATORS AND INSTRUMENTS
1.1 The “openness in practice” vs “openness in policy” debate
1.2 How to quantify the degree of developing countries’ trade restrictiveness?
1.3What instruments of trade liberalization to focus on?
1.4 ...What instrument has the greatest policy impact?
PART II
FACING A CHANGING WORLD ECONOMIC SCENARIO
2.1 The main drivers of the world economic environment evolution since 2002
2.2 Developing countries’ tariffs liberalization and trade integration into the world economy: state of play
2.3 . Tariff liberalization: factors of success and failure
2.4 Theoretical and documented impacts of bilateral and regional trade agreements on free trade multilateral process
2.5 Relevant differences in the impact of North-South and South- South trade agreements
PART III
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES’ TRADE LIBERALIZATION, INTEGRATION INTO THE WORLD ECONOMY AND INCLUSIVE GROWTH
3.1 Trade and “inclusive growth”
3.2 Factors of success and failure: controlling for relevant variables and countries’ characteristics
3.3 Impacts of bilateral and regional trade agreements and relevant differences between North-South and South-South trade agreements
PART IV
THE ROLE OF COMPLEMENTARY POLICIES AND REFORMS IN PROMOTING DEVELOPMENT AND INCLUSIVE GROWTH
4.1 Theoretical framework
4.2 The appropriate complementary policies, reforms and implementation tools
4.3 The issue of sequencing between trade liberalization and domestic and regional regulatory framework
4.4 Focus on services, investment liberalization and competition policy in ensuring inclusive growth
4.5 Successful complementary policies and reforms and means of implementation and enforcement
CONCLUSION
References
APPENDIX - Trade liberalization and trade integration: What do they mean and how to measure them

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