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Factor Immobility and Regional Impacts of Trade Liberalization Evidenceon Poverty From India
Topalova, Petia - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
This paper uses the 1991 Indian trade liberalization to measure the impact of trade liberalization on poverty, and to examine the mechanisms underpinning this impact. Variation in sectoral composition across districts and liberalization intensity across production sectors allows a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008671312
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Trade and the Crisis; Protect or Recover
Saito, Mika; Henn, Christian; Gregory, Rob; McDonald, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
restrictions is modest, at about 0.25 percent of global trade, as most countries have resisted a widespread resort to protectionism … suggest that protectionist pressures may rise. Gaps in World Trade Organization (WTO) commitments leave ample scope to further … restrict trade, so unless all countries vigorously resist protectionism this could threaten the economic recovery and drag down …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245865
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Does Import Protection Discourage Exports?
Tokarick, Stephen - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
This paper points out that while many developing countries seek to increase their export earnings, they have not embraced fully the notion that their own pattern of import protection hurts their export performance. The paper quantifies the extent to which import protection acts as a tax on a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599612
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Protectionist Responses to the Crisis; Damage Observed in Product-Level Trade
McDonald, Bradley J.; Henn, Christian - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
found to be responsible for 2/3 of the trade decline due to crisis protectionism, but their exports also absorbed 2/3 of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009151205
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Mexico; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
This Selected Issues paper is a wide-ranging survey of the conditions for, and obstacles to, the growth in Mexico. It frames the issue of Mexico’s growth record, and presents the paper’s prior assumptions and approach. It highlights the main observations and conclusions emerging...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245707
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Trade in the Mashreq; An Empirical Examination
Blavy, Rodolphe - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
This paper provides a framework for understanding trade patterns in the Mashreq. An augmented gravity model is used to compare actual with expected levels of trade. Trade barriers, political uncertainty, and over-appreciation of domestic currencies seem to explain low levels of international...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263698
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Does Trade and Technology Transmission Facilitate Inequality Convergence? An inquiry Into the Role of Technology in Reducing the Poverty of Nations
Das, Gouranga Gopal - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
Based on stylized evidence showing variation of the Gini coefficient of income inequality across skill cohorts and on the rapid rise in trade in technology-intensive goods, the ripple effects of technology transmission and income inequality are explored in a global Computable General Equilibrium...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005264015
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India's Growth Spillovers to South Asia
Masha, Iyabo; Ding, Ding - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
This study investigates the role of India's economy in explaining the observed growth in South Asia, taking into consideration other sources of growth endogenous to the countries in the region. Since a review of key variables indicates that India's bilateral trade and financial linkages with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009654176
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Should African Monetary Unions Be Expanded? An Empirical Investigation of the Scope for Monetary Integration in Sub-Saharan Africa
Debrun, Xavier; Pattillo, Catherine A.; Masson, Paul R. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
This paper develops a full-fledged cost-benefit analysis of monetary integration, and applies it to the currency unions actively pursued in Africa. The benefits of monetary union come from a more credible monetary policy, while the costs derive from real shock asymmetries and fiscal disparities....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008560420
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Ukraine; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2003
This Selected Issues paper examines the main factors explaining Ukraine’s growth performance so far, assesses whether the recent recovery is sustainable, and provides a quantitative analysis of long-term growth prospects. It finds that the recent recovery is not yet self-sustaining and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005824979