This paper surveys recent developments in the literature on trade facilitation, defined broadly as reform of non-tariff barriers. The paper looks at what trade facilitation is, why it matters, how to measure it, the gains from reform, and ways to implement it at the global, regional and...

This presentation discusses insights from some of the world's traditional trade facilitation scholars. The objective is to try and go beyond taxonomies and to outline new methodologies by which the economic significance of trade facilitation initiatives are being measured. Then, some of the new...

This presentation discusses insights from some of the world's traditional trade facilitation scholars. The objective is to try and go beyond taxonomies and to outline new methodologies by which the economic significance of trade facilitation initiatives are being measured. Then, some of the new...

La Revista Integración & Comercio del BID incluye artículos referidos a las distintas manifestaciones del proceso de integración en América Latina y el Caribe, a la integración hemisférica y, también, a los procesos con igual orientación que se llevan a cabo en otras partes del mundo....

This presentation comments on Tham Siew Yean's paper "ASEAN Open Skies and its Implications on Airport Development Strategy" in Malaysia. It comprises a review of the topics, questions, and analysis in the paper. The presentation puts forward arguments on the two main questions of the paper,...

This presentation comments on Tham Siew Yean's paper "ASEAN Open Skies and its Implications on Airport Development Strategy" in Malaysia. It comprises a review of the topics, questions, and analysis in the paper. The presentation puts forward arguments on the two main questions of the paper,...

El principal objetivo de la serie "Panorama de las Administraciones Públicas" consiste en proporcionar datos fiables e internacionalmente comparables sobre las actividades del gobierno y sus resultados en los países miembros de la OCDE. Al ampliar el alcance a otras regiones del mundo,...

La tributación en América Latina y el Caribe es considerada en gran parte como un medio de generar ingresos para mantener el gobierno en funcionamiento. En los últimos años, se ha avanzado hacia un aumento de los ingresos totales, pero la mayoría de los países de la región aún sigue a la...

This paper shows that the factors affecting labor supply have been key determinants of the changes in employment, unemployment, and income differentials in Latin America in the 1990s. The two main forces driving labor supply in the region have been demographics and education.

In the context of a perfect foresight, intertemporal optimizing, cash-in-advance model, this paper studies the dynamics of an inconsistent exchange rate-based stabilization policy that fixes the exchange rate without an underlying fiscal adjustment to ensure that the exchange rate policy is...