America and the Caribbean region in the area of trade, lessons learned from past experiences, and highlights the gaps in the … provision of trade-related assistance. The last section of this document offers recommendations on how the IDB could contribute … to global efforts at delivering aid for trade more effectively.Abstract: Este documento discute la experiencia del Banco …

agreements -free trade areas or customs unions- since 1990 with a handful more in varying degrees of negotiation (see Table 1 …]). Indeed, now Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong are the only World Trade Organization (WTO) members which are not signatories to … at least one preferential trade agreement (WTO [1995]). Regional integration is not new to Latin America. Economic …

Models on the composition of trade and growth often assume that the technological content of trade is negatively …

The relevance of transport costs has increased as liberalization continues to reduce artificial barriers to trade. Is …

destinations within and beyond the region. The increase in trade links has not, however, been accompanied by a proportional … the possibility of diversifying and upgrading trade links by overcoming trade barriers imposed by distance and cultural … are the result of trade and integration among sometimes widely differing trading partners. …

Trade in the Americas, with a most notable decline of trade flows in the Western Hemisphere. In 2001, trade within the …. This in stark contrast to a decade-long trend that saw intra-hemispheric trade expand by more than double the rate of extra …

integration and trade among the countries of the Western Hemisphere and between these and other countries and world regions. …