According to the Washington Consensus, developing countries’ growth would benefit from reductions in barriers to trade …. However, the empirical basis for judging trade reforms is weak. Econometrics are mostly ad hoc; results are typically not …

As Latin America and the Caribbeans "Great Liberalization" reaches its 30th anniversary, we revisit the trade and …

performance. The trade channel appears important only for the main exporting group - the metal producers, whereas the financial …

International trade has been stated as one of the most important mean of improving firms' productivity, being the …

systematically larger along the pre-Islamic trade routes in the Old World. The theory argues that this particular type of geography … economic performance. It suggests that the unequal distribution of land endowments conferred differential gains from trade …, capital accumulation remained low and wealth inequality bounded. Geography and trade shaped the set of economically relevant …

role in realizing the trade potential between the two countries. Connecting India and Pakistan by the land route offers … connecting India and Pakistan to Central Asia and East Asia, this paper makes an attempt to examine trade between India and … while taking into account the implications of trade policy for transporting goods; suggests measures to address these …

, which may potentially negatively affect international trade. Customs around the world have therefore implemented security …-motivated certification programs to facilitate licit trade. These programs offer trustworthy trading firms, i.e., Authorized Economic …

clothing sector accounts for the largest share in trade between India and Pakistan chiefly because of the similarities in … culture and the importance of the sector in their economies. However, the level of bilateral trade in textile and clothing at … USD 722 million (2013) is dismal as compared to the trade potential of USD 2.10 billion. To make a case for increasing …

With the ongoing trade normalisation process between India and Pakistan, opportunities to integrate have opened up … segment to focus on in improving trade relations between the two countries. Here, an empirical and theoretical analysis of … India-Pakistan trade using some statistical indicators reveals low levels of current trade but huge trade potential. Since …