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Kenya Exports Performance Overview
World Bank - 2012
imbalances. Kenya needs to increase its export competitiveness. It is clear that Kenya's trade performance is below its potential … exports Kenya's future growth. This paper focuses on five issues: 1) overall trade orientation and export growth; 2 …) merchandise export trends; 3) merchandise exports by sector; 4) merchandise exports by destination; and 5) diversification. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012248045
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The role of importers and exporters in the determination of the U.S. tariff preferences granted to Latin America
Silva, Peri Agostinho da - 2005
"Silva investigates the role played by domestic importers and foreign exporters in improving preferential access to the domestic market. To this end, the framework he uses extends the protection for sale analysis to explicitly model the role of domestic importers and foreign exporters in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522681
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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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A road to trust
Labonne, Julien - 2008
"The authors explore the relationship between transaction costs and generalized trust. Using panel data from 2,100 households in 135 rural communities of the Philippines, the paper shows that where transaction costs are reduced (proxied by road construction), there is an increase in generalized...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521053
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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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The transactions costs of primary market issuance : the case of Brazil, Chile, and Mexico
Zervos, Sara - 2004
"Zervos documents the precise costs of debt and equity issuance, both domestically and internationally, for firms in Brazil, Chile, and Mexico. Costs include investment banking and legal fees, regulatory and exchange listing costs, rating agency fees, and expenditures for marketing and...
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Managing openness : trade and outward-oriented growth after the crisis
Shepherd, Ben (contributor); Haddad, Mona (contributor) - 2011
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Multipolarity : the new global economy
2011
By 2025, six major emerging economies--Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, South Korea, and Russia--will account for more than half of all global growth, and the international monetary system will no longer be dominated by a single currency. As economic power shifts, these successful economies will...
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The internal geography of trade : lagging regions and global markets
Farole, Thomas (contributor) - 2013
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