convergence in export volumes with countries that have more liberal trade policies …There is a large body of research that explores international trade as a source of the dispersion in income levels and … growth performances across countries. The trade liberalization policies undertaken between 1950 and 2006 led to an almost 30 …

considered to mitigate emissions hurt the export opportunities of LDCs? This paper reviews the trade-related instruments being …Export led growth remains a critical route out of poverty for many least developed countries (LDCs). But in a world … increasingly concerned about climate change and the contribution of international trade to global warming will measures being …

policy should particularly aim at reducing the high volatility of public investment spending in commodity-exporting countries …

and trade policies as of 2004. It does so by shocking that model with the removal of all agricultural price …-distorting domestic and border policies with, and without, the removal of trade policies affecting all other goods. That pair of shocks is … model. In this appendix the authors describe the main assumptions adopted to generate the border price and export demand …

in a differentiated manner, in terms of country eligibility, product coverage, and rules of origins. Given such trade … ECOWAS and WAEMU provision will make these preferential trade agreements a driving force behind the success of regional …

This paper analyzes the economic effects of agricultural price and merchandise trade policies around the world as of …

This edition of Global Trade Watch addresses three questions concerning recent trade developments: What is happening …? Why? Does it matter? 2016 is the fifth consecutive year of sluggish trade growth and the year with the weakest trade … performance since the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis. Current estimates of growth in the volumes of trade in goods …

entered a period of unprecedented pressure. Mining, infrastructure development and tourism development, in particular, are … areas overlap with development plans. Birdlife Asia undertook this study in close collaboration with the Wildlife Science …

A small open economy, Benin has seen growth that is above average for the region. The volatility of high growth spells …

basket; 2) the degree of export diversification across products and markets; and 3) the level of sophistication and quality … successfully embarked on a regional integration agenda and has strong commercial links with the US, extra-regional trade …-mainly with large fast-growing emerging economies-remains a challenge. Export performance is analyzed along three dimensions that …