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The paper discusses the costs and benefits to be expected by least-developed and low-income ("vulnerable") economies if they accede to the WTO, the impact of current debates about WTO reform on vulnerable economies, and measures to make it easier for vulnerable economies to accede to and...
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in particular are dynamic segments of world trade. Both total trade data as well as US import trade figures do not …
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This study confirms that substantial barriers to market access will remain in both rich and poor countries following full implementation of the Uruguay Round agreement. The analysis finds that around 40 percent of the costs of these barriers to developing countries arise from barriers to market...
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This paper discusses the issue whether developing countries forego chances in world manufactured markets by protecting …
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and poor countries - and domestic support may also lower the world price of agricultural products, benefiting net … LDC exports are subject to domestic support in at least one World Trade Organization (WTO) member, as compared to only 9 …. So, the prevailing pattern of trade suggests the world price-reducing effect of agricultural domestic support policies …
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While substantial research finds that financial development boosts overall economic growth, the authors study whether financial development is pro-poor: Does financial development disproportionately raise the income of the poor? Using a broad cross-country sample, the authors find that the...
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While substantial research finds that financial development boosts overall economic growth, we study whether financial development disproportionately raises the incomes of the poor and alleviates poverty. Using a broad cross-country sample, we distinguish among competing theoretical predictions...
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