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Developing Countries and the Multilateral Trading System after Doha
Srinivasan, T. N. - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2002
The Fourth Session of the Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO), held in Doha, Qatar, in … November 2001, launched a new round of multilateral trade negotiations (MTN) and a work programme (WP) for the WTO involving …
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WTO and The Developing Countries.
Srinivasan, T.N. - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2000
rounds of multilateral negotiations under its auspices for reductions of trade barriers culminating in the URA in 1994. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005647042
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Regional Economic Integration and Article XXIV of the GATT.
Hamada, K.; Goto, J. - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 1996
This paper analyses the impact of various configurations of regional economic integration on member countries as well as on outside countries under realistic assumptions. That is, we consider constant external tariffs as required by Article XXIV of the GATT and the asymmetric formation of the...
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India's Reform of External Sector Policies and Future Multilateral Trade Negotiations
Srinivasan, T.N. - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2001
I evaluate India's transition from an inward-oriented development strategy to greater participation in the world … countries. Despite improvement over the past in export performance, India continues to lag behind its South- and East Asian … in a future round of multilateral trade negotiations would benefit India. I outline the further reforms most needed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005558470
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Export Growth in India: Has FDI Played a Role
Sharma, Kishor - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2000
Export growth in India has been much faster than GDP growth over the past few decades. Several factors appear to have … recent years there has not been any attempt to assess its contribution to India's export performance- one of the channels … through which FDI influences growth. Using annual data for 1970-98 we investigate the determinants of export performance in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005146664
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Export Growth in India: Has FDI Played a Role?.
Sharma, K. - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2000
Export growth in India has been much faster than GDP growth over the past few decades. Several factors appear to have … recent years there has not been any attempt to assess its contribution to India's export performance- one of the channels … through which FDI influences growth. Using annual data for 1970-98 we investigate the determinants of export performance in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005647055
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Can a Preferential Trade Agreement Benefit Neighbor Countries without Compensating Them?
Endoh, Masahiro; Hamada, Koichi; Shimomura, Koji - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2008
PTAs are generally negotiated without any tariff concessions or transfers to non-member countries. Can such a PTA benefit the neighbors’ welfare? In a two-good competitive equilibrium model in the absence of an entrepot, a PTA without concessions to the outsider will hurt the outsider’s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005146676
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Toward the Enhanced Effectiveness of Foreign Aid
Ranis, Gustav - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2006
At the very time that professional skepticism concerning the effectiveness of foreign aid has reached new heights, donors seem to be ready to substantially increase the volume of aid they are willing to make available. This paper attempts to address this paradox by first examining the record of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005738345
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Liberalization and Structural Change: Evidence from Nepalese Manufacturing.
Sharma, K. - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2000
industrialization. Results suggest some structural changes in manufacturing output and trade orientation. However, no significant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005783513
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Pattern and Determinants of Intra-Industry Trade in Australian Manufacturing.
Sharma, K. - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2000
This paper the presents pattern and determinants of intra-industry trade (IIT) in Australian manufacturing since the … trend in IIT suggests that the short-term adjustment costs associated with trade liberalisation are likely to be lower, and … investigated. Results indicate that intra-industry trade is positively related to product differentiation and scale economies, and …
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