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A special safeguard mechanism for agricultural imports and the management of reform
Finger, J. M. - 2009
"The records of traditional safeguard provisions of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and the World Trade Organization provides useful information about how a special agricultural safeguard might be made effective. The success of existing safeguard or flexibility provisions to sustain...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394221
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Agricultural trade reform and the Doha development agenda
Anderson, Kym - 2005
"Anderson and Martin examine the extent to which various regions, and the world as a whole, could gain from multilateral trade reform over the next decade. They use the World Bank's linkage model of the global economy to examine the impact first of current trade barriers and agricultural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522593
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Services policies in transition economies : on the European Union and the World Trade Organization as commitment mechanisms
Eschenbach, Felix - 2006
"The authors analyze the extent to which the EU-15 and 16 transition economies used the WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) to commit to service sector policy reforms. They compare GATS commitments with the evolution of actual policy stances over time. While there is substantial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522111
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Russian Economic Report, No. 25, June 2011 : Securing Stability and Growth
World Bank - 2011
Russia has seen even higher oil windfall in the past few months, which translates into likely fiscal surpluses this … export diversification in Russia, and food and energy inflation in Europe and Central Asia region. In the first, results show … Russia and other countries in Europe and Central Asia are contributing significantly to consumer price inflation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012247595
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Russian Federation Diagnostic Review of Consumer Protection in Financial Services : Comparison against Good Practices
World Bank - 2009
from Russian authorities, the World Bank conducted a diagnostic review to help Russia design an effective consumer … in Volume I, and analyzes the existing rules and practices in Russia, in comparison with international good practices …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012248124
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Streamlining non-tariff measures : a toolkit for policymakers
Cadot, Olivier - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011393740
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Trade policy, trade costs, and developing country trade
Hoekman, Bernard M. - 2008
"This paper briefly reviews new indices of trade restrictiveness and trade facilitation that have been developed at the World Bank. The paper also compares the trade impact of different types of trade restrictions applied at the border with the effects of domestic policies that affect trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010520962
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The data chase : what's out there on trade costs and nontariff barriers ?
Bagai, Shweta - 2006
"Trade costs and nontariff barriers are at the forefront of discussions on competitiveness and expanding trade opportunities for developing countries. This paper provides a summary overview of data and indicators relevant to these issues and has been informed by work underway at the World Bank...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522161
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A general equilibrium estimation of the effects of reductions in tariffs and quantitative restrictions in Turkey in 1978
Grais, Wafik - 1984
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003138415
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A Survey of Non-Tariff Measures in the East Asia and Pacific Region
World Bank - 2012
This report seeks to give a multifaceted view of non-tariff issues facing countries in the East Asia and Pacific region both vis-a-vis their most important export markets as well as intra-regionally. While the first perspective is important today given the high dependence of East Asian and Latin...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012553016