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Bangladesh’s Access to the Canadian Market: Implications of the New Canadian LDC Initiative and Prospects for Export Diversification

Weston, Ann - Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) - 2003

The focus of the paper is to examine the implications of the new Canadian LDC tariff initiative, approved by the Canadian cabinet in December 2002 which provides zero-tariff, zero-quota market access for a large number of exportables from Bangladesh. The possibilities of expansion of Bangladeshi...

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Bangladesh Apparels Export to the US Market: An Examination of Her Competitiveness vis-à-vis China

Rahman, Mustafizur; Anwar, Asif - Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) - 2006

The paper tries to focus whether China's ascendancy will have any tangible impact on Bangladesh's export oriented RMG … assess the impact of China's accession to the WTO on Bangladesh's export oriented apparels sector by undertaking an indepth … Bangladesh's apparels export to the US market. Towards this, the study investigates the export performance of Bangladesh and …

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China's Accession to the WTO: Consequences for Bangladesh's Export-Oriented RMG Sector

Rahman, Mustafizur; Raihan, Dr Ananya - Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) - 2003

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Ricardo Meets China, India and U.S. Three Hundred Years Later

Shachmurove, Yochanan; Spiegel, Uriel - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - 2009

As our trading world becomes more globalized, who benefits and who gets hurt? This paper relies on the Ricardian model to explore the effects of technological improvements in underdeveloped countries on the welfare of developed countries. For example, trading between the United States and China,...

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Projections of Chinese Energy Demands in 2020

Adams, F. Gerard; Shachmurove, Yochanan - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - 2007

As current trends of Chinese economic growth and motorization continue, its demand for higher efficiency fuels (oil, gas, and electric power) will increase. This, coupled with China’s limited domestic production, can translate into a massive demand for energy imports. To predict China’s...

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Are All Technological Improvements Beneficial? Absolutely Not

Shachmurove, Yochanan; Spiegel, Uriel - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - 2013

This paper shows, using a simple model, that wasteful innovations may result in a loss-loss situation where no country experiences an increase in welfare. If some countries introduce innovations that result in harmful effects on other countries, it may cause the adversely affected countries to...

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Entrepreneurship in Oman

Shachmurove, Yochanan - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - 2009

The Sultanate of Oman has a diversified economy, unlike many of its neighboring nations that rely almost entirely on oil revenues. Natural gas and several non-energy business sectors, such as tourism, fishing, light manufacturing, and agriculture are expanding rapidly. The Omani economy is one...

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Entrepreneurship in Qatar

Shachmurove, Yochanan - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - 2009

The State of Qatar is driven mainly by hydrocarbon revenues, which are estimated to support this tiny country for hundreds of years. The Qatari economy is becoming diversified with industries such as manufacturing, banking, social services, and tourism. Additionally, government financed health...

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