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Khan, Mohsin S. - 1996

China has been growing at a spectacular rate in recent years, enabling per capita incomes to almost quadruple in only … the last decade and a half This paper identifies the sources of economic growth in China from 1953 to 1994. While capital … accumulation played an important role in China’s economic growth throughout the period, it is basically the sharp and sustained …

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NAFTA to USMCA : what is gained?

Burfisher, Mary E.; Lambert, Frederic; Matheson, Troy - 2019

The United States - Mexico - Canada Agreement (USMCA) was signed on November 30, 2018 and aims to replace and modernize the North-American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). This paper uses a global, multisector, computable-general-equilibrium model to provide an analytical assessment of five key...

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Adjusting to New Realities : MENA the Uruguay Round, and the Eu-Mediterranean Initiative

Fennell, Susan - 1997

This paper addresses concerns that the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, with the exception of the GCC economies, has lagged behind in trade liberalization. This delay has adversely affected production efficiency and consumer welfare and could reduce the region’s ability to attract...

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The Burden of Sub-Saharan African Own Commitments in the Uruguay Round : Myth or Reality?

Sorsa, Piritta - 1995

The paper reviews Sub-Saharan Africa’s (SSA) (i) own market access commitments in the Uruguay Round, and (ii) the nature of the constraints on SSA policies set by the Uruguay Round. It concludes that SSA failed to use the Uruguay Round to lock domestic reforms to an international anchor. Apart...

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The Uruguay Round and Net Food Importers

Eiteljörge, Uwe - 1995

This paper attempts to assess the incremental external financing requirements occasioned by changes in world food prices, due to implementation of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture, for a sample of 57 developing countries. Based on estimates of changes in food prices due to the Round...

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Environmental Protectionism, North-South Trade, and the Uruguay Round

Sorsa, Piritta - 1995

The paper seeks to provide an overview of the present state of debate on trade, environment and the GATT for developing countries. Potential for green protectionism and relevant GATT rules are discussed in three areas: i) environmental product regulations including eco-labeling and other product...

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Proximity and horizontal policies : the backbone of export diversification and complexity

Salinas, Gonzalo - 2021

The lack of a clear link between general economic fundamentals and export diversification indicators in the literature has fueled the believe that industrial policies are an absolute requisite to diversify exports. This paper, however, does find a strong statistical connection between horizontal...

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Can the Natural Resource Curse Be Turned Into a Blessing? : The Role of Trade Policies and Institutions

Arezki, Rabah - 2007

We criticize existing empirical results on the detrimental effects of natural resource dependence on the rate of economic growth after controlling for institutional quality, openness, and initial income. These results do not survive once we use instrumental variables techniques to correct for...

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Trade, Growth, and Poverty : A Selective Survey

Berg, Andrew - 2003

This survey of the recent literature asks: how important is trade policy for poverty reduction? We consider the effects of openness on poverty in two components: the effect of openness on average income growth, and the effect on distribution for a given growth rate. Evidence from a variety of...

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Structural reforms and regional convergence

Spilimbergo, Antonio; Che, Natasha Xingyuan - 2012

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