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Least-developed countries' trade during the "super-cycle" and the great trade collapse: Patterns and stylized facts

Escaith, Hubert; Tamenu, Bekele - 2013

Notwithstanding some progress in market and product diversification - including services - LDCs remain particularly vulnerable to external shocks. With the exception of 2006-2008, the LDCs as a group have systematically recorded a trade deficit. The 2008-2009 global crisis and the bumpy recovery...

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Revisiting growth accounting from a trade in value-added perspective

Escaith, Hubert - 2016

Global Manufacturing and International Supply Chains changed the way trade and international economics are understood today. The present essay builds on recent statistical advances to suggest new ways of looking at the demand and supply side approaches when Global Value Chains (GVCs) -...

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Achieving Bangladesh's tourism potential: Linkages to export diversification, employment generation and the "green economy"

Honeck, Dale; Akhtar, Md. Shoaib - 2014

Bangladesh's international image is not as a popular tourism destination, and many people might be surprised to learn it has three World Heritage sites, including the Sundarbans tiger reserves. Moreover, it is part of important travel circuits for cultural and religious tourism, and has...

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Infrastructure provision and Africa's trade and development prospects: Potential role and relevance of The WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA)

Niggli, Nicholas C.; Osei-Lah, Kodjo - 2014

Two issues stand out in this conversation. The first concerns the unfinished business of the global fight against the scourge of poverty, which impacts one region more than most: Africa. At the same time, a key pre-requisite for economic performance - affordable and efficient public...

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"Expect the unexpected"? LDC GATS commitments as internationally credible policy indicators? The example of Mali

Honeck, Dale - 2011

There is a stark contrast between the ambitious investment promotion efforts of many least developed countries (LDCs) and their often minimal commitments under the General Agreement on Trade in Service (GATS). At a time of urgent need to address domestic infrastructure and investment gaps, this...

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Distance, formal and informal institutions in international trade

Lanz, Rainer; Lee, Woori; Stolzenburg, Victor - 2019

This paper brings together three strands of literature on the determinants of international trade − distance … gravity model, we find that the importance of formal institutions (rule of law) for bilateral trade increases with distance … substitution effect does not decrease with distance. Our findings contribute to explaining the persistent negative effect of …

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An empirical assessment of the economic effects of WTO accession and its commitments

Chemutai, Vicky; Escaith, Hubert - 2017

Besides facilitating access to the world market, WTO accession negotiations entail a process of domestic reforms that are expected to improve the supply side of acceding economies. However, measuring the actual impact of accession remains an empirical debate. The present paper contributes to the...

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E-commerce and developing country-SME participation in global value chains

Lanz, Rainer; Lundquist, Kathryn; Mansio, Grégoire; … - 2018

Two far-reaching developments have increased the trade opportunities for SMEs in developing countries. Firstly, the rise of the internet and advances in ICT have reduced trade-related information and communication costs. Secondly, the international fragmentation of production has increased the...

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Comparing different approaches to tackle the challenges of global carbon pricing

Bekkers, Eddy; Cariola, Gianmarco - 2022

Climate change mitigation faces two main policy challenges: the need for global cooperation to tackle the collective action problem and the need to share the burden of global carbon pricing fair way following the principle of common but differentiated responsibility (CBRD). In this paper we...

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Developing economies' participation in environmental services negotiations: What are the challenges and what should be done?

Tuljapurkar, Sanvid; Zhang, Ruosi - 2023

The urgency to tackle climate change has placed sustainable development at the centre of recent trade related narratives. With trade being considered as means to achieve sustainable development goals, one issue to be addressed is how to adjust trade negotiations which used to be the main...

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