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Reducing Trade Costs in LDCs: The Role of Aid for Trade

World Trade Organization - 2016

This study analyses the role of Aid for Trade in reducing trade costs in least developed countries (LDCs). The analysis … builds on questionnaires and case stories submitted as part of the Aid-for-Trade monitoring and evaluation exercise for the … Fifth Global Review of Aid for Trade. Trade costs are high in LDCs and constitute a major impediment to their participation …

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International Trade in Travel and Tourism Services : Economic Impact and Policy Responses during the COVID-19 Crisis

World Trade Organization - 2020

In this paper, we investigate tourism-related policy approaches that WTO member countries adopted in the early weeks of the COVID-19 crisis. We highlight the need for stakeholders to coordinate their responses in order to mitigate the negative crisis effects and better prepare the sector for the...

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Expect the Unexpected? LDC GATS Commitments as Internationally Credible Policy Indicators? The Example of Mali

World Trade Organization - 2011

There is a stark contrast between the ambitious investment promotion efforts of many least developed countries (LDCs) and their often minimal commitments under the General Agreement on Trade in Service (GATS). At a time of urgent need to address domestic infrastructure and investment gaps, this...

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Africa’s Integration in the WTO Multilateral Trading System : Academic Support and the Role of WTO Chairs

World Trade Organization - 2021

commensurate with the needs of their economic development.This article discusses how the WTO contributes to facilitating Africa …

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The Role of WTO Committees through the Lens of Specific Trade Concerns Raised in the TBT Committee

World Trade Organization - 2020

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Trade Policy Substitution : Theory and Evidence from Specific Trade Concerns

World Trade Organization - 2014

We investigate to what extent the probability that a Specific Trade Concern (STC) is raised in the WTO against a Member in a given sector is affected by past reductions in applied tariffs. Employing an identification strategy based on “new measures”, we find evidence of a substitution of...

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Has the Multilateral Hong Kong Ministerial Decision on Duty Free Quota Free Market Access Provided a Breakthrough in the Least-Developed Countries' Export Performance?

World Trade Organization - 2016

a positive effect on LDCs' performance on merchandise exports, with this average positive effect being solely driven by … a positive effect on LDCs' export performance on primary products; the average effect on manufacturing exports has been …, as well as on the components of the latter, namely both primary product exports and manufacturing exports. However, the …

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Improving the Availability of Trade Finance in Developing Countries: An Assessment of Remaining Gaps

World Trade Organization - 2015

background on the persistent and significant market gaps for trade finance in developing countries, notably in Africa and …

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Use of Currencies in International Trade : Any Changes in the Picture?

World Trade Organization - 2012

The paper reviews a number of issues related to the use of currencies in international trade, more than one decade after the introduction of the euro and shortly after steps taken by the Chinese authorities to liberalize the use of the RMB in off-shore markets. Trade is an important factor in...

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Assessing the Value of Future Accessions to the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) : Some New Data Sources, Provisional Estimates, and an Evaluative Framework for Indivi...

World Trade Organization - 2011

The WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) is a plurilateral Agreement, meaning that it comprises only a subset of the full Membership of the WTO. Currently, a number of WTO Members that are not Parties to the Agreement either are actively seeking accession to it, have commitments to...

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