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Free Trade Area Membership as a Stepping Stone to Development : The Case of ASEAN

Fukase, Emiko; Martin, Will - 2013

countries of Cambodia, the Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Vietnam. The trade policies of these countries are examined, and a series of … impacts on sensitive domestic industries in Vietnam. The study recommends that accession to AFTA be viewed as an important …

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China and the WTO : Accession, Policy Reform, and Poverty Reduction Strategies

Bhattasali, Deepak; Li, Shantong; Martin, Will - 2013

accession, their implications for the economy, and the availability and effects of supporting policies. "China and the WTO …" analyzes the nature of the reforms involved in China's accession to the WTO, assesses their implications for the world economy … building blocks for later chapters, which analyze the implications of reform for the economy. The book also includes a series …

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Trade policy, trade costs and developing country trade

Hoekman, Bernard M. (contributor); … - 2008

"This paper briefly reviews new indices of trade restrictiveness and trade facilitation that have been developed at the World Bank. The paper also compares the trade impact of different types of trade restrictions applied at the border with the effects of domestic policies that affect trade...

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Agricultural trade reform under the Doha Agenda : some key issues

Martin, Will (contributor); Anderson, Kym (contributor) - 2007

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Is protectionism on the rise? : assessing national trade policies during the crisis of 2008

Kee, Hiau Looi; Neagu, Cristina; Nicita, Alessandro - 2010

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Pro-poor trade policy in Sub-Saharan Africa

Nicita, Alessandro; Olarreaga, Marcelo; Porto, Guido G. - 2012

The objective of this paper is to estimate the potential pro-poor bias in the existing structure of protection in six Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries (i.e., whether it redistributes income from rich to poor households). We also explore the extent to which the barriers faced by SSA exporters...

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Exchange rates, international trade and trade policies

Nicita, Alessandro - 2013

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Trade Preference Erosion : Measurement and Policy Response

Hoekman, Bernard; Martin, Will; Primo Braga, Carlos A. - 2012

The multilateral trade system rests on the principle of nondiscrimination. The most-favored-nation (MFN) clause embodied in article one of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was the defining principle for a system that emerged in the post, Second World War era, largely in reaction...

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Doha Merchandise Trade Reform : What is at Stake for Developing Countries?

Anderson, Kym; Martin, Will; van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique - 2006

the world economy might look like in 2015 without and with a successful conclusion to the Doha round, how far Doha could …

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Is Protectionism on the Rise? Assessing National Trade Policies during the Crisis of 2008

Kee, Hiau Looi; Neagu, Cristina; Nicita, Alessandro - 2013

This paper quantifies trade policy changes and the associated trade impacts for about 100 countries between 2008 and 2009. Results show that there has been no widespread increase in protectionism. Only a few countries, including Russia, Argentina, Turkey, and China, have increased tariffs on...

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