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Economic Transformation, Population Growth, and the Long-Run World Income Distribution

Chamon, Marcos; Kremer, Michael - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

This paper considers the long-run evolution of the world economy in a model where countries' opportunities to develop depend on their trade with advanced economies. As developing countries become advanced, they further improve trade opportunities for the remaining developing countries. Whether...

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Preferential Trade Agreements in the Asia-Pacific Region

Feridhanusetyawan, Tubagus - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005

Preferential trade agreements (PTAs) in the Asia-Pacific region have proliferated rapidly over the past five years and are creating a complex web of intersecting bilateral and regional trade agreements. This paper describes the proliferation of these PTAs, discusses their characteristics and...

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The Output Decline in the Aftermath of Reform; The Cases of Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, and Romania

Ostry, Jonathan David; Borensztein, Eduardo; Demekas, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 1992

This paper analyzes the declines in economic activity experienced by Bulgaria, the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic (CSFR), and Romania in the period since the initiation of market-oriented reforms in these countries. The paper reviews developments in the three countries and empirically...

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The End of Textiles Quotas; A Case Study of the Impacton Bangladesh

Mlachila, Montfort; Yang, Yongzheng - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004

This paper evaluates the effects on the Bangladeshi economy of phasing out textile and clothing (T&C) quotas currently maintained by industrial countries. The planned abolition of the quotas under the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing in 2005 will alter the competitiveness of various exporting...

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The WTO and the Poorest Countries; The Stark Reality

Mattoo, Aaditya; Subramanian, Arvind - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004

Small and poor countries pose a challenge for the World Trade Organization (WTO). These countries have acquired a significant say in WTO decision-making. However, they have limited ability to engage in the reciprocity game that is at the heart of the WTO, and have limited interests in the...

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Trade and Integration in the Caribbean

Egoumé-Bossogo, Philippe; Mendis, Chandima - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002

This paper analyzes trade in the Caribbean community (CARICOM) using a gravity model framework. The paper seeks to shed light on the dynamics of trade among CARICOM member countries, as well with the rest of world over 1980–99. Overall, the results show that intra-CARICOM trade has increased,...

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Does Import Protection Discourage Exports?

Tokarick, Stephen - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

embraced fully the notion that their own pattern of import protection hurts their export performance. The paper quantifies the … extent to which import protection acts as a tax on a country's export sector and finds that for many developing countries …, developing countries could increase their export earnings by reducing their own import tariffs, but countries must be careful …

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Impacton Intra-European Trade Agreements, 1990-2005; Policy Implications for the Western Balkans and Ukraine

Qiao, Zhaogang; Herderschee, Han - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

The paper provides quantitative estimates of the impact of the European trade agreements on trade flows. It applies both static and dynamic panel estimation techniques. The results are useful to policymakers because new intra-European trade agreements are being negotiated. In the absence of a...

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The WTO Promotes Trade, Strongly But Unevenly

Wei, Shang-Jin; Subramanian, Arvind - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003

This paper furnishes robust evidence that the GATT/WTO has had a powerful and positive impact on trade. The impact has, however, been uneven. GATT/WTO membership for industrial countries has been associated with a large increase in imports estimated at about 40 percent of world trade. The same...

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To Smooth or Not to Smooth; The Impact of Grants and Remittanceson the Equilibrium Real Exchange Rate in Jordan

Petri, Martin; Saadi-Sedik, Tahsin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

This paper estimates the effect of grants and workers' remittances on Jordan's long-term equilibrium real exchange rate. We estimate an equilibrium path for the Jordanian real exchange rate using the Johansen cointegration methodology over the period 1964 to 2005. Controlling for other...

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