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public institutions, private contractual initiatives, often from large food and agribusiness companies, are emerging to … which Governments could make, and which the World Bank could support, in order to improve links in agricultural marketing …
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the agricultural marketing and processing chain and increase access of farmers to input and output markets. This is …
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"This study discusses potential economic implications for Nigeria of an Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union. It uses the World Bank's Tariff Reform Impact Simulation Tool to assess the effects of preferential tariff liberalization with respect to the European Union. The...
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, Romanian exports have experienced surprisingly strong performance in both EU and non-EU markets since 2000 after a four … EU once the state monopoly over foreign trade was abolished and other policy areas liberalized, the current second phase … performance, evolving patterns of specialization, Romania's competitiveness in EU sunrise markets, changes in factor intensities …
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Trade can play a crucial role in the development of services sectors in Africa. Services offer new dynamic opportunities for exports, especially for land-locked countries, while opening up to imports of services and foreign direct investment is a key mechanism to increase competition and drive...
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The climate is changing; and the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region is vulnerable to the consequences. Many of the region's countries are facing warmer temperatures, a changing hydrology and more extremes, droughts, floods, heat waves, windstorms, and forest fires. Already the frequency and...
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This report addresses the question raised in its title - now that 18 interim Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) have been initialed and negotiations of full EPAs have been launched, what should African countries and regional EPA-groups do? Part two of the report analyzes the outcome of the...
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When a disaster strikes, it not only affects households' physical assets, but also their income levels and ability to contribute to the local economy. Critically, these socio-economic disparities shape not only the severity of shocks on household-level economies, but also the duration of...
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