This survey of the recent literature asks: how important is trade policy for poverty reduction? We consider the effects …-level research, and case studies) supports the view that trade openness contributes greatly to growth. Moreover, trade openness does … not have systematic effects on the poor beyond its effect on overall growth. Trade policy is only one of many determinants …

This paper examines different explanations-initial conditions, openness to trade and FDI, and institutions-of the … Mauritian growth experience since the mid-1970s. We show that arguments based on openness to trade and FDI are either misleading …

China's sectoral trade composition, product quality mix, and import content of processing exports have all changed … substantially during the past decade. This has rendered trade elasticities estimated using aggregate data highly unstable, with more …

The paper focuses on systemically important jurisdictions in the global trade network, complementing recent IMF work on … systemically important financial sectors. Using the IMF's Direction of Trade Statistics (DOTS) database and network analysis, the … paper develops a framework for ranking jurisdictions based on trade size and trade interconnectedness indicators using data …

to their growth outlooks. For emerging markets, this financial channel trumps the trade channel. For a broader set of … developing countries, however, the trade channel seems to have mattered, with countries exporting more advanced manufacturing …

This paper provides an overview of trade reform in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) since 1996 and … a quantitative assessment of potential effects on trade patterns and tariff revenue of the current reform agenda …. Despite evidence of significant trade complementarities within WAEMU, implementation of the union's current trade regime still …