Professional services matter for development in East Africa. Business services, including professional services, are …, trade policy, and labor mobility at both the national and international levels. …

There is growing clamor in industrial countries for additional border taxes on imports from countries with lower carbon … prices. A key factor affecting the impact of these taxes is whether they are based on the carbon content of imports or the … merchandise imports would address competitiveness and environmental concerns in high income countries but with serious …

There is growing clamor in industrial countries for additional border taxes on imports from countries with lower carbon …, potentially creating pressure for trade action. A key factor affecting the impact of any border taxes is whether they are based on … the carbon content of imports or the carbon content of domestic production. The paper's quantitative estimates suggest …

Does "infant industry" preferential access durably boost export performance? This paper exploits significant trade …-Fiber Arrangement (MFA) in 2005 is used to assess whether apparel export expansions survived the erosion of preferences. To find a … causal impact of these changes, we use a triple-differences regression and 26 years of newly constructed trade and tariff …

East Asia, for long the epitome of successful engagement in trade, faces serious challenges: technological change that … global trade giant, which is fundamentally altering the trading patterns and opportunities of its neighbors. The second is … the asymmetric implementation of national reform – in goods trade and investment versus services – which is affecting the …

stake in maintaining trade openness, an initiative that builds on but redefi nes the Doha Agenda would anchor China more …Until recently, the World Trade Organization (WTO) has been an eff ective framework for cooperation because it has …

stake in maintaining trade openness, an initiative that builds on but redefines the Doha Agenda would anchor China more …Until recently, the World Trade Organization (WTO) has been an effective framework for cooperation because it has …

This paper documents an unusual and possibly significant phenomenon: the export of skills embodied in goods, services … and Development (OECD) countries from developing countries like Brazil, India, Malaysia, and South Africa as a share of … a deeper analysis of whether development benefits might derive not from deifying comparative advantage but from defying …

This paper documents an unusual and possibly significant phenomenon: The export of skills embodied in goods, services … and Development (OECD) countries from developing countries like Brazil, India, Malaysia, and South Africa as a share of … a deeper analysis of whether development benefits might derive not from deifying comparative advantage but from defying …