This paper revisits the celebrated conflict that lasted close to two decades and pitted the EU against the US and against MFN suppliers of bananas. It starts by recalling the major turning points in the dispute and argues that the EU-US conflict could largely be explained by the changing...

This paper revisits the celebrated conflict that lasted close to two decades and pitted the EU against the US and against MFN suppliers of bananas. It starts by recalling the major turning points in the dispute and argues that the EU-US conflict could largely be explained by the changing...

This paper is built on Venables (2011) theoretical predictions which show that gains from regional integration are unevenly distributed between resource rich and poor countries. We explore the effects of different integration schemes in Middle East and North Africa. Results suggest that within...

This paper is built on Venables (2011) theoretical predictions which show that gains from regional integration are unevenly distributed between resource rich and poor countries. We explore the effects of different integration schemes in Middle East and North Africa. Results suggest that within...

Les trois premiers Forums ont fait émerger un discours apparemment consensuel sur l’efficacité de l’aide, nourri d’un vocabulaire convenu, d’autant mieux accepté qu’il était souvent ambigu. Ainsi s’est développée une rhétorique sur l’efficacité de l’aide où l’on n’a...

The “Integrated Framework for Trade-related Technical Assistance to the Least Developed Countries” (IF) is a global initiative established in 1997 and is a particular application of what has since been known as “Aid for Trade”. The objective of the IF is to support the least developed...

Après ceux de Rome, Paris et Accra, le quatrième Forum de haut niveau sur l’efficacité de l’aide organisé en novembre 2011 à Busan (Corée du Sud), a présenté pour les années à venir un nouvel agenda dont l’objectif défini est de «construire un nouveau partenariat mondial pour...

International climate negotiations have thus far eschewed efforts to incorporate trade restrictions, but they have also failed to achieve their objective of reducing global emissions. Because of this failure, some countries are now inclined to act unilaterally and minilaterally, in many cases by...

The “Integrated Framework for Trade-related Technical Assistance to the Least Developed Countries” (IF) is a global initiative established in 1997 and is a particular application of what has since been known as “Aid for Trade”. The objective of the IF is to support the least developed...

Après ceux de Rome, Paris et Accra, le quatrième Forum de haut niveau sur l’efficacité de l’aide organisé en novembre 2011 à Busan (Corée du Sud), a présenté pour les années à venir un nouvel agenda dont l’objectif défini est de «construire un nouveau partenariat mondial pour...