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What can further market integration contribute to growth and employment? A series of hypothetical trade reform …-tariff barriers, trade facilitation and domestic support to agriculture. Simulations of multilateral and regional trade agreements … with the OECD METRO model show that positive effects are higher when more countries participate in trade integration …
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This report, part of the “Cities” collection, highlights the contribution of border towns to the process of regional integration in West Africa. For 18 countries, six indicators are used to identify the specificities of border towns at the local, national and international levels:...
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This report, part of the “Cities” collection, analyses the spatial distribution of formal enter¬prises and health infrastructure in West Africa. The analysis shows that sectors crucial for regional integration are concentrated in economic capitals rather than in border areas. These results...
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This report describes the complex and changing interrelationship between trade, domestic investment and foreign direct … investment (FDI) and provides examples of good practices in trade policymaking that create a healthy investment climate in … guide for trade policymakers. As such, it was circulated as a background document for the OECD Initiative on Investment for …
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This paper identifies non-tariff barriers (NTBs) faced by developing countries in their trade with developed countries … and in South-South trade. The goal is to raise awareness of barriers that interfere with the ability of developing … countries to build up trade. Data collected and analysed consist of the academic literature, notifications by developing …
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Smart Specialisation Strategy is a place-based EU policy that seeks to enhance regional competitiveness through leveraging and bolstering innovation in the selected priority areas (industries or technologies) in each region. The new iteration of S3 requires developing cross-border collaborations...
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Small island developing states (SIDS) are among the most vulnerable countries to the impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, which is disrupting key economic sectors that SIDS’ undiversified and already fragile economies strongly rely upon. While they are succeeding to contain the health...
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This report identifies the opportunities that Islamic finance presents for donors. To achieve these, Arab and OECD Development Assistance Committee donors need to mobilise innovative forms of financing and deliver the call to deepen the transformation of development finance systems. DAC members...
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Forced displacement, including refugee flows, is a global phenomenon. As of 2018, 26 million people were refugees. Financing from the international community makes a significant contribution to supporting refugees and host communities. But in order to meet those needs effectively and...
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