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Trade Policy, Trade Costs, and Developing Country Trade

Hoekman, Bernard; Nicita, Alessandro - 2012

This paper briefly reviews new indices of trade restrictiveness and trade facilitation that have been developed at the World Bank. The paper also compares the trade impact of different types of trade restrictions applied at the border with the effects of domestic policies that affect trade...

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Trade Effects of Regional Standards Liberalization : A Heterogeneous Firms Approach

Baller, Silja - 2012

This study investigates trade effects of the regional liberalization of technical barriers to trade (TBTs) in the form of harmonization and mutual recognition agreements (MRAs) for testing procedures. The theoretical part of the paper is framed in terms of a heterogeneous firms approach. This...

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The Data Chase : What's Out There on Trade Costs and Nontariff Barriers?

Bagai, Shweta; Wilson, John S. - 2012

Trade costs and nontariff barriers are at the forefront of discussions on competitiveness and expanding trade opportunities for developing countries. This paper provides a summary overview of data and indicators relevant to these issues and has been informed by work underway at the World Bank on...

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CGE Modeling of Market Access in Services

Christen, Elisabeth; Francois, Joseph; Hoekman, Bernard - 2012

This paper examines how the applied multi-sector computable general equilibrium (CGE) literature has moved into quantication of the impacts of greater market access for services. This includes discussion of multi-sector linkages to the service sector, as well both measuring barriers to trade and...

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The Effect of Product Standards on Agricultural Exports from Developing Countries

Ferro, Esteban; Wilson, John S.; Otsuki, Tsunehiro - 2013

The authors create a standards restrictiveness index using newly available data on maximum residue levels of pesticides for 61 importing countries. The paper analyzes the impact that food safety standards have on international trade of agricultural products. The findings suggest that more...

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North-South Standards Harmonization and International Trade

Disdier, Anne-C??lia; Fontagn??, Lionel; Cadot, Olivier - 2014

Recent years have seen a surge in economic integration agreements (EIAs) and the development of non-tariff measures (NTMs). As a consequence, a growing number of EIAs include provisions on NTMs. However, little attention has been given in the literature to the effects of NTM liberalization in...

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Inequality of Outcomes and Inequality of Opportunity in Tanzania

Zeufack, Albert G.; Hassine, Nadia Belhaj; Zeufack, Albert - 2015

The paper investigates the structure and dynamics of consumption inequality and inequality of opportunity in Tanzania … background variable affecting consumption and income in Tanzania. Without appropriate policy actions, there are few chances for …

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Migration and Economic Mobility in Tanzania : Evidence from a Tracking Survey

Beegle, Kathleen; De Weerdt, Joachim; Dercon, Stefan - 2012

Tanzania. Using longitudinal data on individuals, the authors estimate the impact of migration on consumption growth between …

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Modeling Services Liberalization : The Case of Tanzania

Jensen, Jesper; Rutherford, Thomas F.; Tarr, David G. - 2012

Tanzania. The model incorporates productivity effects in both goods and services markets endogenously, through a Dixit … by specialists in Tanzania. The authors estimate that Tanzania will gain about 5.3 percent of the value of Tanzanian …. Decomposition exercises reveal that the largest gains to Tanzania will derive from liberalization of costly regulatory barriers that …

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Pursuing Efficiency While Maintaining Outreach : Bank Privatization in Tanzania

Cull, Robert; Spreng, Connor P. - 2012

access to financial services for some groups, especially the rural poor. The privatization of Tanzania's National Bank of …

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