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of the WTO accession using a macro-micro model. The latter couples a CGE model, including imperfect labour markets, with … improved market access and of increased foreign direct investment. Our simulations show that WTO accession will have mainly …
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sharp as in China). This makes the question of the distributional impact of the country’s WTO accession (January 2007) a … effects induced by WTO membership: job gains (especially industrial jobs), growth in real wages, reduction in gender … demonstrate the importance of flanking measures to accompany WTO accession and making the most the opportunities that arise …
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Since the 1990s, we have seen a proliferation of bilateral trade agreements. Many of these have encompassed topics that are not directly linked to trade, such as political institutions, sustainable development, labour standards or competition policy. The European Union itself is caught up in...
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Alors même que l'Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC) et le Cycle de développement de Doha laissent à l'OIT le soin …
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The starting point of this paper is given by country situations where trade liberalization is expected to be poverty and inequality alleviating in the long run while inducing a short run increase in poverty or in inequality. The question we ask is what are the distributive aspects of trade which...
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Based on cross-country data from a wide range of developed and developing countries, this study, using an original and synthetic indicator, empirically analyses the incidence of openness to trade on the level of core labour standards. In the first part of our study, when the model is estimated...
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The success of Export Processing Zones (EPZs) or the Zone Franche in Madagascar is, with the exception of Mauritius, an isolated and unrecognized case in Africa. The Zone Franche has had a highly significant macroeconomic impact in terms of exports and jobs. Madagascar became the number two...
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Labour standards defined by the ILO in 1998 are universal but applied very differently in countries. They are much better respected in high income countries. However, the causality between labour standards and growth remains a controversial issue. The strategies of export-led growth might...
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