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Sugar prices, labor income, and poverty in Brazil
Olarreaga, Marcelo - 2006
household labor income and poverty in Brazil. The authors first estimate the extent of price transmission from world markets to … 11 Brazilian states to capture the fact that some local markets may be relatively more isolated from changes in world … world sugar prices. Results suggest that workers in the sugar sector and in sugar-producing regions have better employment …
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World Development Report 2020 : Trading for Development in the Age of Global Value Chains
World Bank - 2019
Global value chains (GVCs) powered the surge of international trade after 1990 and now account for almost half of all trade. This shift enabled an unprecedented economic convergence: poor countries grew rapidly and began to catch up with richer countries. Since the 2008 global financial crisis,...
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Trade Therapy : Deepening Cooperation to Strengthen Pandemic Defenses
World Bank; World Trade Organization - 2022
This report provides new data on trade in medical goods and services and medical value chains; surveys the evolving policy landscape before and during the pandemic; and proposes an action plan to improve trade policies and deepen international cooperation to deal with future pandemics
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Options for Low Income Countries Effective and Efficient Use of Tax Incentives for Investment : A Report to the G-20 Development Working Group by the IMF, OECD, UN and World Bank
International Monetary Fund - 2015
Experience shows that there is often ample room for more effective and efficient use of investment tax incentives in low-income countries. Tax incentives generally rank low in investment climate surveys in low-income countries, and there are many examples in which they are reported to be...
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The Safe disposal of hazardous wastes : the special needs and problems of developing countries
Wilson, David (contributor); Smith, James E. (contributor);  … - 1989
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Colombia : Coffee Sector Study 2002
World Bank - 2013
Colombia is the world's third-largest producer of coffee and by far the largest single producer of washed arabica …
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Estimating Trade Flows, Describing Trade Relationships, and Identifying Barriers to Cross-Border Trade Between Cameroon and Nigeria
World Bank - 2014
Cameroon and Nigeria share a common border of nearly 1,700km and both countries have strong historical and cultural ties. However, the partnership between the two countries has had its difficult periods, most recently when the relationship turned hostile over the disputed Bakassi Peninsula, and...
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Kazakhstan Trade Report
World Bank - 2015
finalizing accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) while its trade strategy includes a number of free trade agreements to …
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Kazakhstan Trade Report
World Bank - 2015
finalizing accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) while its trade strategy includes a number of free trade agreements to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012564743
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Kazakhstan Trade Report
World Bank - 2015
finalizing accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) while its trade strategy includes a number of free trade agreements to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012564744