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Suwa Eisenmann, Akiko; Verdier, Thierry - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

The paper surveys the interactions between aid and trade, distinguishing between policies and outcomes as well as … between various instruments. It first discusses the theoretical literature, focusing on the causal impact of aid on the …

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Illusory Revenues: Tariffs in Resource-Rich and Aid-Rich Economies

Collier, Paul; Venables, Anthony J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

Where imports are financed predominantly by rents from resource extraction or aid, the revenue generated by tariffs is … illusory. Revenue earned by the tariff is offset by a reduction in the real value of aid and resource rents. Revenue is however … moved between accounts in the government budget, which, in the case of aid, may reduce the burden of donor conditionality …

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Absorbing A Windfall of Foreign Exchange: Dutch disease dynamics

van der Ploeg, Frederick; Venables, Anthony J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

The response of an economy to a windfall of foreign exchange (be it aid or natural resource revenues) is often …

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International Cooperation on Domestic Policies: Lessons from the WTO Competition Policy Debate

Hoekman, Bernard; Saggi, Kamal - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

International cooperation is generally driven by a desire to offset a negative spillover imposed by other countries or to help governments to overcome domestic political economy constraints that impede the adoption of welfare enhancing policy changes. In principle, both conditions are satisfied...

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Dismantling Discrimination Against Developing Countries: Access, Rules and Differential Treatment

Hoekman, Bernard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

This Paper discusses the challenges confronting developing countries seeking to overcome discrimination in world trade rules and policies. The major sources of discrimination in both developed and developing countries in the areas of market access opportunities and WTO disciplines are briefly...

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Economic Development and the WTO After Doha

Hoekman, Bernard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

This Paper analyses what actions could be taken in the context of the WTO Doha negotiations to assist countries to benefit from deeper trade integration. It discusses the policy agenda that confronts many developing countries and identifies a number of focal points that could be used both as...

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Rethinking Trade Preferences: How Africa Can Diversify its Exports

Collier, Paul; Venables, Anthony J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

exports, leading to rapid growth in exports and employment. To do so, preferences need to be designed to be consistent with …

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The Europe Agreements and EC-LDC Relations

Cadot, Olivier; de Melo, Jaime - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

that they give only marginal trade preference to the CEECs. The paper also considers FDI and aid flows and argues that …

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Volatility and Development

Koren, Miklós; Tenreyro, Silvana - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

Why is GDP growth so much more volatile in poor countries than in rich ones? We identify four possible reasons: (i) poor countries specialize in more volatile sectors; (ii) poor countries specialize in fewer sectors; (iii) poor countries experience more frequent and more severe aggregate shocks...

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Wage Gaps and Job Sorting in African Manufacturing

Benhassine, Najy; Fafchamps, Marcel; Söderbom, Måns - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

Using matched employer-employee data from eleven African countries, we investigate if there is job sorting in African labor markets. We find that much of the wage gap correlated with education is driven by selection across occupations and firms. This is consistent with educated workers being...

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