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The exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Brexit) may have a negative impact on trade and investment flows not just for the UK, but also for the countries with the largest exposure to the UK. The indirect impact of a Brexit-induced recession in the UK -may also be felt in the EU...
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This is volume 2 of a three-volume publication on Bangladesh's trade prospects. Bangladesh's ambition is to build on its very solid growth and poverty reduction achievements, and accelerate growth to become a middle income country by 2021, and share prosperity more widely amongst its citizens....
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This paper studies the impact of deep agreements on United Kingdom-European Union trade relations. A standard gravity model is applied to assess the effect that European Union membership had on the United Kingdom's trade. The paper uses new information on the content of trade agreements to build...
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This report reviews the status of Maghreb countries' economic integration with the world, with the Arab world, and within the Maghreb itself. It focuses on trade in goods and services, labor and capital flows, financial integration and cross-border infrastructure integration. It discusses the...
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Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank, discussed how Japan's success is an inspirational example for developing countries. Now, Japan is the second largest shareholder in the World Bank and a valued partner. Today the world is challenged to help the poor countries achieve the millennium...
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social development in Africa; (ii) growth and opportunity for Sub-Saharan Africa; (iii) natural resource development; (iv …
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The World Bank Group's Horn of Africa Regional Initiative promotes resilience and economic opportunity in one of the … trade, the dominant livelihoods in the Horn of Africa, require the easy movement of people and goods within and across …
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This study briefly summarizes the development experiences of special economic zones in China and Africa, the lessons … that Africa can learn from China, and the preliminary results of the Chinese investments in special economic zones in … Africa. The study makes recommendations on how to unleash the power of special economic zones and industrial zones in Africa …
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three late-bloomers in East Africa offsetting the boom-bust pattern in Southern Africa and the never-significant response in … Central and Western Africa. Firm-level customs data for selected countries reveal that even in East Africa, the recent export …
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This study examines the impact of the African Growth and Opportunity Act using the synthetic control method, a quasi-experimental approach. The novelty in the approach is that it addresses problems of estimation that are prevalent in nonexperimental methods used to analyze the impact of...
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