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Africa Can Compete! Export Opportunities and Challenges for Garments and Home Products in the European Market

Biggs, T.; Miller, M.; Otto, C.; Tyler, G. - World Bank Group - 1996

The study explores important trends in consumption patterns in European Union(EU) markets and assesses the degree to which these patterns offer opportunities for African exporters.

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Competition Policy and MERCOSUR.

Rowat, M.; Lubrano, M.; Porrata, R. Jr. - World Bank Group - 1997

MERCOSUR, the "Common Market of the Southern Cone," was established to liberalize the movement of goods and services, eliminate customs duties, and coordinate macroeconomic and sectoral polices. Competition policy has been the subject of coordination at the MERCOSUR level. This paper provides an...

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Evaluating the Shift in Incoterms for Indonesian Export Products

World Bank Group - 2016

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 identified a number of areas where there is a needto fill...

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Trade and Transport Facilitation. A Toolkit for Audit, Analysis, and Remedial Action.

Raven, J. - World Bank Group - 2001

Alleviating poverty through direct assistance and economic growth is an important objective of the World Bank. For this strategy to succeed, all potential impediments to the competitiveness of export industries must be tackled and reduced. Informational trade performance and efficiency are...

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Surveillance of Agricultural Price and Trade Policy in Latin America during Major Policy Reform.

Valdes, A - World Bank Group - 1996

Since approximately 1990, most countries in Latin America have embarked on a unilateral process of trade liberalization for agricultural and non-agricultural products, effectively putting an end to four decades of import-substitution policies. Most countries adopted tariffication, with bound...

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Easing Barriers to Movement of Plant Varieties for Agricultural Development.

Gisseluist, D.; Srivastava, J. - World Bank Group - 1997

Many developing countries enforce seed regulations and other policies that obstruct private companies from operating and delivering new technology. This volume presents recommendations and selected papers from an international workshop organized by the World Bank in 1995 to review seed policies...

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Free Trade Area Membership as a Stepping Stone to Development: The Case of ASEAN.

Fukase, E.; Martin, W. - World Bank Group - 2001

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 quantitative analyses were undertaken to evaluate the...

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Did External Barriers Cause the Marginalization of Sub-Saharan Africa in World Trade

Amjadi, A.; Reincke, U.; Yeats, A.J. - World Bank Group - 1996

further improve the external environment for, and competitive position of, African exports. …

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Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food Processing in Croatia's Food and Bio-Economy

World Bank Group - 2019

Shifting consumer demand and accelerating climate change will further shape the agri-food sector in Croatia in the next …, sustainable, and convenient products. Recent EU market projections further confirm ongoing shifts in consumer demand. Agri-food … revolution' as food retailing shifts from small shops and grocery stores to supermarkets. Climate change impacts and risk will …

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Future of Food : Harnessing Digital Technologies to Improve Food System Outcomes

World Bank Group - 2019

food system. A range of digital technologies are already leading to: better informed and engaged consumers and producers … privacy; exclusion; and cybersecurity breaches. These risks cut across all segments of the economy, including the food system …

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