Showing 1 - 10 of 282
This Selected Issues paper for Algeria analyzes the potential economic impact of Algeria’s Association Agreement with the European Union (AAEU). The paper lays out the major elements of Algeria’s AAEU and makes a comparison with other AAEUs. It discusses the potential economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244528
One of the most significant recent developments in world trade has been the entry of China into the World Trade … Organization (WTO). This paper examines the implications of China's WTO accession for India's trade, using both econometrics and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599289
This Selected Issues paper assesses the impact of Vietnam’s World Trade Organization (WTO) accession. It describes … the main terms of Vietnam’s accession as regards trade in goods and services, and uses a partial equilibrium simulation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243580
This 2006 Article IV Consultation highlights that with generally prudent macroeconomic policies, Namibia has enjoyed robust growth, moderate inflation, and strong external surpluses. Growth is expected to increase to 4½ percent in 2006, after 4¼ percent in 2005, owing in part to a recovery...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244194
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000323686
recent initiatives concerning external trade provide new challenges and opportunities for welfare-enhancing reforms. Although … the 1994 reforms that created the CEMAC customs union were a major step forward, the trade regime remains plagued by poor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245384
This note provides an update on the status of Doha negotiations and an outlook on significant non-Doha trade issues … come from a Doha conclusion, both from actual new market access and--perhaps more crucially--from the added trade security …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014410502
South Africa’s 2005 Article IV Consultation reports that the short-term outlook is broadly favorable, with the main risks arising from a possible worsening of the external environment. The authorities plan to maintain a flexible exchange rate, and to intervene in the foreign exchange...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005591179
dependent on the oil sector. Since the lifting of the Libya-specific trade sanctions of the United Nation and United States in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005591207
This Selected Issues paper for Nicaragua reports that the Central America–Dominican Republic-United States Free Trade … liberalization of trade in goods, CAFTA-DR provides broad market access for services and includes provisions in areas such as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244043