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Reforming Non-Tariff Measures : From Evidence to Policy Advice
Cadot, Olivier - 2018
High levels of trade costs persist in the world trading system, despite recent progress in tariff reduction, trade …
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Trade policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic crisis : evidence from a new data set
Evenett, Simon J.; Fiorini, Matteo; Fritz, Johannes; … - 2020
This paper presents new high-frequency data on trade policy changes targeting medical and food products since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, documenting how countries used trade policy instruments in response to the health crisis on a week-by-week basis. The data set reveals a rapid...
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Do's and Don'ts of Trade Policy in the Response to COVID-19
World Bank Group - 2020
Experience from previous global and food crises provides some guidance for appropriate trade responses during the crisis and those that are likely to undermine effective national and global responses. However, the speed, scale and nature of this crisis are unprecedented which requires thinking...
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When elephants make peace : the impact of the China-U.S. trade agreement on developing countries
Freund, Caroline L.; Maliszewska, Maryla; Mattoo, Aaditya; … - 2020
-supplying neighbor, Mexico. Real incomes in the rest of world would decline by 0.16 percent and in China by 0.38 percent because of trade …
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Economic Planning and Industrial Policy in the Globalizing Economy : Concepts, Experience and Prospects
Yülek, Murat (ed.) - 2015
based economies ranging from Western Europe to Asia, planning has been practiced since the end of the Second World War as a … significant changes in the dynamics of the world economy, economic planning and industrial policy have been less and less … and industrial policy being conceptualized and implemented in today’s world? Are there still reasonable roles for economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012819115
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Forex-Devisenhandel : Auswirkungen der US-amerikanischen Arbeitsmarktberichte und FOMC-Sitzungen
Schmolke, Heiko - 2016 - 1. Aufl. 2016
Einführung und Problemstellung -- Der Devisenmarkt, Wechselkurs- und Währungssysteme -- Die monetäre Theorie -- Big Data -- Die Bedeutung von makroökonomischen Nachrichten für den Devisenhandel -- Schlussfolgerungen.
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Women and Trade : The Role of Trade in Promoting Gender Equality
World Bank Group - 2020
Trade can dramatically improve women's lives, creating new jobs, enhancing consumer choices, and increasing women's bargaining power in society. It can also lead to job losses and a concentration of work in low-skilled employment. Given the complexity and specificity of the relationship between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644298
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A Decade After the Global Recession : Lessons and Challenges for Emerging and Developing Economies
Kose, M. Ayhan - 2019
This year marks the tenth anniversary of the 2009 global recession. Most emerging market and developing economies weathered the global recession relatively well. However, following a short-lived initial rebound in activity in 2010, the global economy and, especially, emerging market and...
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Supporting Vulnerable Health Systems Improve Infection Prevention and Control to Fight the COVID-19 Pandemic
Bedoya, Guadalupe - 2020
Protecting healthcare workers and patients is critical to reduce the spread of the disease. In this brief we highlight three urgent actions : Distribution of infection prevention and control (IPC) policies and guidelines to all health facilities; Manufacturing and distribution of IPC supplies to...
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Trade in Critical COVID-19 Products
Espitia, Alvaro - 2020
The covid-19 pandemic is increasingly a concern for developing countries. Using a new database on COVID-19 trade flows and policies, this note looks at the role of trade and trade policy to address the looming health crisis in developing countries with highest numbers of recorded cases. It shows...
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