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report focuses on the direct impact of the war on world trade and investment. It identifies five trade and investment …. The report finds that world trade will drop by 1 percent, lowering global GDP by 0.7 percent and GDP of low …
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This study on harnessing international trade to support climate change objectives assesses the following: 1) What are the main policy prescriptions for reducing greenhouse gases that are employed by OECD countries and how do they impact the competitiveness of their energy-intensive industries?...
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The proliferation of regional trade agreements is fundamentally altering the world trade landscape. The number of … countries, they can have adverse effects on excluded countries. Lowering of border barriers around the world is crucial to … minimizing these effects. The completion of the Doha Development Agenda by all countries in the World Trade Organization will …
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Mauritius is facing a sharp transition from dependence on trade preferences to open competition in the global economy. And it must do so in an unusually difficult environment. After 20 years of remarkable performance, the economy has fallen off a high growth plateau of about 6 percent toward the...
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Many opportunities for trade of the Mashreq (Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon and Syria) countries are being lost because of inefficient trade facilitation processes and procedures, and to a lesser extent because of underdeveloped transport infrastructure. Implementation of the Pan Arab...
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specific policy issues that hamper World Trade Organization (WTO) accession, such as trade legislation, protection of … facilitate integration into the world economy and provide benefits to private sector participants. …
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The past eight years witnessed China's phenomenal growth and integration into the world economy, expedited by its … accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001. The accession greatly accelerated China's domestic reforms. By the end … of 2007, China was ranked the second largest exporter and third largest trader in the world after its exports grew at …
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Climate Friendly Technologies (CFT) reduces the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) by reducing the carbon content of economic activity. Climate change due to greenhouse gases is expected to affect many sectors, and present risks to many Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies in...
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The Niger Diagnostic Trade Integration Study (DTIS) has been prepared under the Integrated Framework (IF) for trade related technical assistance to least developed countries in response to a request from the Government of Burkina Faso. The study is to build the foundation for accelerated growth...
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