are built up using newly available tariff line data and their implications for world markets are established using a … global modeling framework. These world trade impacts, in turn, form the basis for 12 country case studies of the national … cross-section analysis, and a global analysis provides estimates for the world as a whole. "--World Bank web site …

) negotiations; and 4) while the world economy stands to gain massively from liberalization in the mobility of labor, adverse popular …

presence of trade preferences. The World Bank's LINKAGE model of the global economy is employed to examine the impact first of … agricultural and nonagricultural trade could significantly benefit the region. "--World Bank web site …

improvements. "--World Bank web site …

sizes around the world. Raballand and Aldaz-Carroll examine the case of pallets to illustrate the impact of multiplicity of … standards on trade costs. They select this case because pallets are used all around the world, pallet standards are not too … standards, the World Bank's strategy should be divided in two directions: to develop awareness of costs related to the …

countries but not necessarily with the rest of the world. Adopting a common standard in a region--that is, harmonization … a larger effort in the group to understand the implications for trade of agreements on standards"--World Bank web site …