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Economic adjustment and reform programs, including those supported by international financial institutions (IFIs), must cope with informational asymmetries and special interest politics. This presents a particularly serious issue when IFIs make structural economic reforms a condition for...
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Two economists designed the main features of the charter of the IMF during World War II: John Maynard Keynes and Harry …
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China''s increasing integration with the global economy has contributed to sustained growth in international trade. Its … China''s imports from all regions-especially Asia, where China plays an increasingly central role in regional specialization …. Tariff reforms have been implemented in China since the 1980s; and, with its recent WTO accession, China has committed itself …
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Although the rest of the world had waited a long time for China to open up, feelings were mixed when it actually did … (WTO), many of its trading partners are increasingly concerned that China’s competition in the world goods and capital … China’s integration into the world economy will inevitably impose adjustment costs on its trading partners in the short …
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This paper analyzes the appropriate sequencing between accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the …
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Small and poor countries pose a challenge for the World Trade Organization (WTO). These countries have acquired a …
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This paper elaborates on a number of key principles that need to underpin a coherent and development-friendly architecture for the WTO. The key principles include enlarging the scope of WTO bargaining to include labor flows as well as capital flows; creating a structure that would provide a...
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This paper reviews the economics of trade policy in financial services, highlighting differences between trade across borders and through commercial presence. Trade liberalization could complement other financial reforms by enhancing the efficiency, quality, and variety of financial services and...
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activity around the world. We present a parsimonious two-country-SIR model with some degree of substitutability between home …
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The paper examines the principles on which a reform of a Quota based global economic institution like the IMF must be based, taking account of both the relative economic power of countries and the need for voice and representation of the poor countries. These principles are then used in the...
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