developing countries and especially the least developed among them secure a share in the growth in international trade … diversify production, linking to the Global Value Chains and developing adequate infra-structures facilitating digital trade as … overcoming some of these issues through various programs, all geared towards trade capacity building. It is argued that the work …

and trade finance, particularly those receiving trade loans. Results show that a percent increase in trade finance loan is … associated with 0.067-0.083 percent increase in export earnings depending on the model. When we proxy trade finance by the sum of … trade finance loans and export-adjusted notes receivable, elasticity estimates range between 0.18-0.31 depending on the …

This paper attempts to fill a gap in the trade literature by providing a comprehensive overview of services … liberalization commitments in the new generation of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) as compared to prevailing GATS commitments …

This paper studies the effects of trade policy uncertainty on the extensive and the intensive margins of trade for a … sample of 149 exporters at the HS6 digit level. We measure trade policy uncertainty as the gap between binding tariff … commitments under trade agreements (multilateral and regional agreements) and applied tariffs- what is also known as tariffs …

essential role of services for economic development; the high costs imposed by trade protection; the benefits of liberalization …

This paper studies the effects of trade policy uncertainty on the extensive and the intensive margins of trade for a … sample of 149 exporters at the HS6 digit level. We measure trade policy uncertainty as the gap between binding tariff … commitments under trade agreements (multilateral and regional agreements) and applied tariffs- what is also known as tariffs …

century. Secondly, in one area of economic activity - trade in government procurement markets - the revised WTO Agreement on … Government Procurement (GPA) is emerging as a multi-dimensional tool of trade, governance and development. The thesis of this …

Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), it derives insights from a large number of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) that embody … substantive provisions on both government procurement and services trade. An important finding is that, from an economic … perspective, general market access commitments with respect to services trade and commitments regarding government procurement of …

The unbundling of trade across regions offers unique opportunities for SMEs to integrate into global trade notably … factoring has a positive effect in allowing SMEs to access international trade, in countries in which it is available. Factoring …