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Until recently, the World Trade Organization (WTO) has been an effective framework for cooperation because it has …
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been effective in dealing with undervalued exchange rates. We propose new rules in the World Trade Organization (WTO) to …
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A fundamental shift is taking place in the world economy to which the multilateral trading system has failed to adapt …-sector interests largely in the rich countries, is running out of steam; (2) the world economy is moving broadly from conditions of … just the World Trade Organization but other multilateral institutions as well; and (5) despite shifts in economic power …
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Aid-for-trade programs can help strengthen low-income countries’ supply capacity and knowledge of trade preferences, which will allow them to take fuller advantage of these preferences. Aid for trade to support preference reform can be divided into three categories: (i) creation of...
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developing world and to the livelihoods and welfare of their people. Climate change is the classic example. Despite the risks …
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Many of the world's poorest and most fragile states are joining the ranks of oil and gas producers. These countries …
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, however, poverty has not fallen so dramatically; as a result, most of the world's poor now live in middle-income countries … (MICs). In fact, up to a billion poor people — or a new bottom billion — live not in the world's poorest countries but in …
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The paper considers the process of discovery for subsoil resources, including both hard minerals and hydrocarbons and estimates its magnitude in recent years, as derived from the sum of extraction and changes in proven reserves. Spurred on by technology change and strong market conditions,...
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A common objection to results-based programs is that they are somehow more vulnerable to corruption. This paper explains why results-based approaches to foreign aid may be less vulnerable to corruption than the traditional approaches which monitor and track the purchase and delivery of inputs...
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The interplay of between- and within-country inequality, the relative contribution of each to overall global inequality, and the implications this has for who benefits from recent global growth (and by how much), has become a significant avenue for economic research. However, drawing conclusions...
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