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Revisiting growth accounting from a trade in value-added perspective

Escaith, Hubert - 2016 - Manuscript date: 24 February 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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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 - Manuscript date: 30 October, 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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Achieving Bangladesh's tourism potential : linkages to export diversification, employment generation and the "green economy"

Honeck, Dale; Akhtar, Md. Shoaib - 2014 - Manuscript date: 26 August, 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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Least-developed countries' trade during the "super-cycle" and the great trade collapse : patterns and stylized facts

Escaith, Hubert; Tamenu, Bekele - 2013 - Manuscript date: November 27, 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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Least-developed countries' trade during the "super-cycle" and the great trade collapse : patterns and stylized facts

Escaith, Hubert; Tamenu, Bekele - 2013 - Manuscript date: November 27, 2013

LDCs' trade patterns changed in the past decade, thanks to the rebalancing of global demand towards large emerging countries and the resulting cycle of high international commodity prices. This process led to a wider geographical diversification of LDCs' exports but contributed also to a greater...

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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 - Manuscript date: 30 October, 2014

Transitioning from the post-2008 financial meltdown to a sustained period of global growth and prosperity involves a major challenge: how to ensure the effective management of international economic interdependence. Trade, growth, good governance and sustainable development constitute essential...

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

Honeck, Dale - 2011 - Manuscript date: 19 May 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 - Manuscript date: 24 January 2019

This paper brings together three strands of literature on the determinants of international trade − distance, formal … 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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Knowledge spillovers through international supply chains

Piermartini, Roberta; Rubínová, Stela - 2014 - Manuscript date: 23 July 2014

traditional finding that knowledge spillovers depend on geographical distance or trade flows. Our findings support policies that …

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Reducing trade costs in LDCs : the role of Aid for Trade

Lanz, Rainer; Roberts, Michael; Taal, Sainabou - 2016 - Manuscript date: July 2016

This study analyses the role of Aid for Trade in reducing trade costs in least developed countries (LDCs). The analysis builds on questionnaires and case stories submitted as part of the Aid-for-Trade monitoring and evaluation exercise for the Fifth Global Review of Aid for Trade. Trade costs...

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