This paper examines the relationship between the shadow economy and trade openness in Uganda, using autoregressive … distributed lag bounds testing approach. We find that the shadow economy and trade openness have a long- and short … exposure to foreign trade significantly reduces the size of the shadow economy. This could imply that as countries become more …

approach to investigate whether trade openness has spurred economic growth in Uganda. The extant literature shows that trade …-run relationship reveal the existence of a positive and statistically significant relationship between trade openness and economic … growth. Except for the use of exports to measure trade openness, using openness index and imports to proxy for trade openness …

This paper investigates if trade can help achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal of poverty … eradication using microeconomic and macroeconomic mechanisms and the effects of trade and trade policy on consumer prices … household may be lifted out of or pushed into poverty. The impacts of trade on growth and longer-term consequences of trade …

This paper assesses the interaction of international trade with climate policies, and the influence of trade on the … implementation of SDG 13 (climate change). Although international trade contributes directly to GHG emissions, increased trade can …. Given that emissions are not universally priced, the paper examines where policies related to trade may be misaligned with …

structural change impacts on inequality for a sample of advanced, emerging, and transition economies. Trade liberalization … found that the process of structural change increases income inequality, while trade liberalization and FDI inflows help to …

This paper presents an overview of the trade and policy issues in the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals … the attention they merit, despite their profound consequences on how to use - or not use - trade policies for promoting … development. Following this, it examines the three major phases in the MDG/SDG progress: first, a pro-trade agenda during the …

Trade in health products has been flourishing in recent years as the demand for better health has been growing … throughout the world. At the same time, trade in health products is hampered by substantive trade barriers. In this paper, we … availability of health-related products such as pharmaceuticals, vaccines, and medical equipment. The case for liberalizing trade …