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Is trade liberalization a window of opportunity for women?

Nordås, Hildegunn Kyvik - Economic Research and Statistics Division (ERSD), World … - 2004

This paper analyses how trade affects women's job opportunities and earnings through five case studies: Mauritius, Mexico, Peru, the Philippines and Sri Lanka. It is found that women's share of the labour force has increased over time and the wage gap between men and women has narrowed. It is...

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Evolution of Asia's outward-looking economic policies: Some lessons from trade policy reviews

Daly, Michael - Economic Research and Statistics Division (ERSD), World … - 2011

associated with such assistance. Trade Policy Reviews (TPRs) throw light not only on measures that appear to contravene WTO rules …, although that is not their purpose; more importantly, they identify measures not seemingly covered by WTO rules, which can … GATT/WTO, the stalling of negotiations in connection with the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) should not preclude further …

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The impact of Mode 4 liberalization on bilateral trade flows

Jansen, Marion; Piermartini, Roberta - Economic Research and Statistics Division (ERSD), World … - 2005

This paper gives insights into the possible trade creating effects of service trade liberalization via Mode 4. In particular we expect that temporary movements of persons, like permanent movements, have the potential to reduce transaction costs for merchandise trade between home and host...

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Forecasting trade

Keck, Alexander; Raubold, Alexander - Economic Research and Statistics Division (ERSD), World … - 2006

This paper develops a set of time series models to provide short-term forecasts (6 to 18 months ahead) of international trade both at the global level and for selected regions. Our results compare favourably to other forecasts, notably by the International Monetary Fund, as measured by standard...

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A new look at the extensive trade margin effects of trade facilitation

Beverelli, Cosimo; Neumüller, Simon; Teh, Robert - Economic Research and Statistics Division (ERSD), World … - 2014

Indicators - which closely reflect the Trade Facilitation Agreement negotiated at the Bali WTO Ministerial Conference of December …

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Public services and the GATS

Adlung, Rolf - Economic Research and Statistics Division (ERSD), World … - 2005

provision - that may be used by WTO Members to meet typical public service objectives. It turns out that virtually all forms of …

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Multilateral approaches to market access negotiations

Laird, Sam - Economic Research and Statistics Division (ERSD), World … - 1998

Market access negotiations in merchandise trade at the multilateral level cover tariffs and non-tariff measures (NTMs). While tariffs have been substantially reduced in earlier rounds, they remain high in certain areas and further reductions involve a number of complex technical issues. Some...

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Indisputably essential: The economics of dispute settlement institutions in trade agreements

Keck, Alexander; Schropp, Simon - Economic Research and Statistics Division (ERSD), World … - 2007

Economic theory has made considerable progress in explaining why sovereign countries cooperate in trade. Central to most theories of trade cooperation are issues of self-enforcement: The threat of reprisal by an aggrieved party maintains the initial balance of concessions and prevents...

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Thoughts on how trade, and WTO rules, can contribute to the post-2015 development agenda

Roberts, Michael - Economic Research and Statistics Division (ERSD), World … - 2014

Organization (WTO). With the aim of stimulating discussion, this paper asks the question of how trade, and WTO rules, can … contribute to the post-2015 development agenda? In reply, the author offers some thoughts on 10 contributions that trade, and WTO …

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Infrastructure and trade

Nordås, Hildegunn Kyvik; Piermartini, Roberta - Economic Research and Statistics Division (ERSD), World … - 2004

This paper explores the role that quality of infrastructure has on a country's trade performance, estimating a gravity model that incorporates bilateral tariffs and a number of indicators for the quality of infrastructure. The paper looks at the impact of the quality of infrastructure (road,...

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