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Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies display large variation in terms of income per capita. The richest … APEC economies have an income per capita about twenty times higher than the poorest ones. So far most work on fiscal policy … mitigating and adapting to climate change effects corrects that bias with a particular focus on the developing economies of APEC …
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Drawing on several studies on APEC economies, this report discusses economic policy choices for mitigating and adapting … to climate change effects. It highlights that APEC economies will have a central role in both sides of climate change …, CFTs can provide co-benefits like rural electrification. The current status of CFTs in APEC economies - their production …
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This report uses new measures of extreme weather and methodologies to gauge their welfare effects. A myriad of methodological issues and data constraints plague empirical work on the effects of extreme weather events on human welfare. The shocks themselves are often poorly measured and the lack...
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-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies in Asia. These risks include falling freshwater availability, rainfall volatility … APEC member economies. Given that APEC economies account for more than half of global GHG emissions, the adoption of …, describes the wide range of different CFTs already in use in middle-income APEC economies and their potential. As such, it is a …
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Production and export diversification expose firms to domestic and international competition, which enhances productivity and ultimately drives a country's structural transformation from agriculture to industry to services. This structural transformation is accompanied by a spatial...
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Globalization has brought about a rapid expansion of international trade and a dramatic change in trade structure. The liberalization of trade in goods and services, containerization, new integrated transport networks, advances in information communication technology and modern business...
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Guinea-Bissau is highly dependent on international trade even when compared to other nations of its size and income level. However, it is equally clear that the country could derive far more benefit from its international trade opportunities than it does at the present time. This study examines...
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The primary goal of this Diagnostic Trade Integration Study (DTIS) is to provide a plan for reactivating Angola's productive sectors that reduces the country's reliance on imports while enabling the restoration of export capacity in the medium to long term. Executing such a plan will involve...
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This report addresses a range of themes related to trade and competitiveness in the Dominican Republic. The analysis examines past trade performance and the many factors contributing thereto, and the policy environment in which these trade outcomes occurred. It also looks forward to imminent...
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