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Special and Differential Treatment for Developing Countries (SDT) constitutes a central feature of the GATT/WTO system. Its formal goal is to foster export-led growth in developing countries. Its theoretical foundations and empirical support are, however, weak at best. In particular, SDT...
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affected by disputes with China, and is different from the diffusion behaviours of the offshore US dollar, euro, British pound …
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given to the re-emergence of the Asian giants, the People's Republic of China (PRC) and India. Both countries have attained …
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Open regionalism and integration between the world’s two largest developing countries - the People’s Republic of China … (China) and India - in trade, investments and infrastructure development can foster outward-oriented development and economic … economic integration between China and India involving common neighbouring countries could be increasing. This paper discusses …
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China's development model challenges the approaches of traditional Western donors like the World Bank. We argue that … analyze a broad range of subnational stability measures in Africa. Aid by both the WB and China does not increase outright …
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Chinese aid comes with few strings attached, allowing recipient country leaders to use it for domestic political purposes. The vulnerability of Chinese aid to political capture has prompted speculation that it may be economically ineffective, or even harmful. We test these claims by estimating...
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This study investigates the economic impact of China's "stadium diplomacy" in Sub-Saharan Africa. Exploiting the … widely held notion that China's development finance projects constitute "white elephants". …
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to the People Republic of China (PRC) and ASEAN for assembly by lower-skilled workers. The finished products are then …
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This paper considers the possibility that economic liberalization, by which is meant a reduction in tariffs, quotas, capital controls, and other government distortions of international transactions, may reduce private savings rates. A two stage approach is used to analyze a panel data set...
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This article presents a Ricardian model of trade with learning-by-doing to study the effect of barriers to trade in products with low growth potential on the long-run economic growth. The model shows that, when elasticity of demand for the product with a lower learning potential is lower than...
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