This survey of the recent literature asks: how important is trade policy for poverty reduction? We consider the effects …-level research, and case studies) supports the view that trade openness contributes greatly to growth. Moreover, trade openness does … not have systematic effects on the poor beyond its effect on overall growth. Trade policy is only one of many determinants …

This paper examines different explanations-initial conditions, openness to trade and FDI, and institutions-of the … Mauritian growth experience since the mid-1970s. We show that arguments based on openness to trade and FDI are either misleading …

China's sectoral trade composition, product quality mix, and import content of processing exports have all changed … substantially during the past decade. This has rendered trade elasticities estimated using aggregate data highly unstable, with more …

This paper studies the structure and evolution of trade protection in the Middle East and North African (MENA ….8. The paper also develops an overall index of trade protection and finds that tariff levels, their dispersion, and nontariff …

This paper provides an overview of trade reform in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) since 1996 and … a quantitative assessment of potential effects on trade patterns and tariff revenue of the current reform agenda …. Despite evidence of significant trade complementarities within WAEMU, implementation of the union's current trade regime still …

This paper analyzes export performance in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) using a gravity model applied to …

if China's relative presence continues to rise in the regional trade. …

The paper analyses the potential trade impact of the forthcoming East African Community (EAC) customs union. It … examines the trade linkages among the member countries of the EAC and the extent to which the introduction of the EAC common … external tariff will liberalize their trade regimes. To gauge the potential trade impact of the formation of the customs union …

Preference erosion has become an obstacle to multilateral trade liberalization, as beneficiaries of trade preferences …