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Assessing the Trade-Related Sources of Productivity Growth in Emerging Economies

Kowalski, Przemyslaw; Büge, Max - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2013

This paper contributes new empirical evidence on the relationship between productivity and international trade. This is … accomplished using an econometric approach that combines input-output and productivity data, which allows a more detailed tracking … of the relationship between trade in intermediate and final products and productivity in countries at different stages of …

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The Linkages between Open Services Markets and Technology Transfer

Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de …; … - 2006

study highlights the productivity gains from services trade liberalisation and the technological spillovers inside the …

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Recovery and Beyond: Enhancing Competitiveness to Realise Indonesia's Trade Potential

Molnár, Margit; Lesher, Molly - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2008

As Indonesia recovered from the 1997-98 Asian Financial Crisis, the economy underwent significant political and structural changes, and the role of trade policy evolved. It is clear that there is much scope for trade to enhance economic growth. However, there remain significant challenges in...

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Business Services, Trade and Costs

Lesher, Molly; Nordås, Hildegunn Kyvik - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2006

This technical paper analyses the role of business services in selected OECD and non-OECD economies using recently published input-output tables for 32 countries in or close to the year 2000. Business services have long been recognised as important drivers in the global economy, and this study...

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India's Trade Integration, Realising the Potential

Kowalski, Przemyslaw; Dihel, Nora - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2009

reforms are discussed. The impact of India’s openness on its total factor productivity is also addressed. The analysis shows … and establishment rules and special economic zones (SEZs) that provide incentives particularly to exporting firms. The …

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South Africa's Trade and Growth

Kowalski, Przemyslaw; Lattimore, Ralph; Bottini, Novella - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2009

impact of South Africa‘s trade liberalisation during the period from 1988 to 2003 on labour and total factor productivity … about important equity and efficiency gains. Multilateral trade liberalisation has the potential to maximise the gains and …

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Smallholder Risk Management in Developing Countries

Cervantes-Godoy, Dalila; Kimura, Shingo; Antón, Jesús - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2013

This paper addresses various aspects of risk and risk management for smallholders in developing countries, and presents a quantitative assessment of farm-level risks and risk management strategies in three emerging economies: Brazil, China and Viet Nam. The analysis covers production, income,...

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Agricultural Specific Trade Facilitation Indicators: An Overview

Liapis, Peter - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2015

Trade facilitation matters. Estimates of trade friction costs from border and custom procedures are relatively high. Trade facilitation to allow for the speedy movement of traded goods may be more important for agricultural, especially perishable, products than for other goods because of their...

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Estimating the Constraints to Agricultural Trade of Developing Countries

Moïsé, Evdokia; Delpeuch, Claire; Sorescu, Silvia; … - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2013

Agricultural trade is widely considered as an important contributor to developing countries‘ economic growth, poverty alleviation and food security. This report identifies and analyses some of the most important supply-side constraints to developing countries‘ exports of agricultural...

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Connecting Local Producers in Developing Countries to Regional and Global Value Chains: Update

Bamber, Penny; Fernandez-Stark, Karina; Gereffi, Gary; … - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2014

This report analyzes the specific factors that affect the competitiveness of developing countries in global value chains (GVCs), and how these factors differ across four major economic sectors: agriculture, extractive industries, manufacturing and offshore services. Although integration into...

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