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Poland - Convergence to Europe : The Challenge of Productivity Growth - Investment Climate Assessment

World Bank - 2012

encompass a very broad agenda, but in Poland's case such a challenge boils down to the objective of reducing the convergence … productivity and competitiveness. The Poland Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) is the first ICA piloted in the World Bank …. The Poland ICA provides benchmark data to assess firm-level performance in other countries in the Europe and Central Asia …

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Energy efficiency : lessons learned from success stories

Stuggins, Gary - 2013

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The world trade organization's Doha cotton initiative : a tale of two issues

Anderson, Kym - 2006

"Four West African nations have demanded that the World Trade Organization's Doha Development Agenda include a Cotton Initiative that involves two issues: cutting cotton subsidies and tariffs, and assisting farm productivity growth in Africa. The authors provide estimates of the potential...

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Sugar prices, labor income, and poverty in Brazil

Olarreaga, Marcelo - 2006

"This paper assesses the impact that a potential liberalization of sugar regimes in OECD countries could have on household labor income and poverty in Brazil. The authors first estimate the extent of price transmission from world markets to 11 Brazilian states to capture the fact that some local...

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The impact of regional trade agreements and trade facilitation in the Middle East and North Africa region

Dennis, Allen Curtis - 2006

"The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region's trade performance over the past two decades has been disappointing. Efforts to boost trade through a plethora of regional trade agreements (RTAs) are underway. This study examines the potential contribution of regional trade agreements, as well...

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Global logistics indicators, supply chain metrics, and bilateral trade patterns

Hausman, Warren H. - 2005

"Past research into the determinants of international trade highlighted the importance of the basic spatial gravity model augmented by additional variables representing sources of friction. Studies modeled many sources of friction using various proxies, including indices based on expert judgment...

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