Since approximately 1990, most countries in Latin America have embarked on a unilateral process of trade liberalization …. Most countries adopted tariffication, with bound tariffs, eliminating quota restrictions and removing export taxes. This … trade reform, and the present status regarding tariffs and quantitative restrictions in the various countries. …

This study investigates the economic impacts of accession to the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) by the new member … countries of Cambodia, the Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Vietnam. The trade policies of these countries are examined, and a series of …-specific policy challenges associated with trade liberalization-- such as declining tariff revenues in Cambodia, and the negative …

. Informational trade performance and efficiency are essential components of overall success. And in this new economy of instant … strategy to succeed, all potential impediments to the competitiveness of export industries must be tackled and reduced … infrastructure to increase trade is significant, trade cannot advance without parallel, systematic improvement in the invisible …

The Ministry of Trade (MoT) of Republic of Indonesia has requested the support of the World Bank in devising new and … improve trade related policies for the benefit of the Indonesian economy. The MoT - with the help of the World Bank - has … Kemitraan to develop a study on evaluating the shift in term of delivery from FOB to CIF for Indonesian export products under …

, pharmaceuticals, basic metals, wholesale and retail trade, financial services, and land transport. These form a selection of the most … productivity improvements historically have been driven primarily by capital-intensive investment, which often involves sector …

Poland. Second, chapter 2 provides key insights from the results by linking technology adoption with productivity, managerial … Sectoral approach to the drivers of productivity growth in Polish sectors. A firm-level perspective on technology adoption and …, agriculture, food processing, wearing apparel, automotive, pharmaceuticals, trade, financial services, and land transport, is …

OECD trade barriers did not play a significant role in Sub-Saharan Africa's declining position in world trade over the …