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Trade, poverty eradication, and the sustainable development goals
Brambilla, Irene; Porto, Guido G. - 2016
This paper investigates if trade can help achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal of poverty … household may be lifted out of or pushed into poverty. The impacts of trade on growth and longer-term consequences of trade … is significant heterogeneity in the poverty impacts of trade, both across households and countries. This highlights the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011576860
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Poverty and nutrition : a case study of rural households in Thailand and Viet Nam
Waibel, Hermann; Hohfeld, Lena - 2016
In this paper, we analyze the link between nutrition and poverty in two Asian countries where monetary-based poverty … reduction was especially successful. Thailand and Viet Nam are two emerging market economies where poverty rates are now below ….25 poverty line. Also, Thailand, after the economic crisis, with 19% of children underweight, is still above the World Health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011576825
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Has the development gap between the ethnic minority and majority groups narrowed in Viet Nam? : evidence from household surveys
Fujii, Tomoki - 2017
lift poor minority households out of poverty further and reduce the development gap. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011610396
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Firm size and participation in the international economy : evidence from Bangladesh
Shepherd, Ben - 2020
This paper examines the trade participation of Bangladesh's manufacturing firms using a three-year panel. It distinguishes between extensive and intensive margin effects using a Heckman sample selection model. Particular attention is paid to the role of imported intermediates and inward foreign...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012209400
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Changing commercial policy in Japan during 1985 - 2010
Kawai, Masahiro; Urata, Shūjirō - 2010
In this paper we examine the changing nature of Japan's commercial policy over the last 25 years while reviewing Japan's changing structure of trade, FDI and economy that underlay policy changes. We argue that until the late 1990s Japan adopted a two-track approach of relying on multilateral...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008732267
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Services policy reform in the People's Republic of China : before and after the global financial crisis
Fan, Ying - 2011
Adverse effects of the global financial crisis on international trade include falling demand, increased trade protectionism, and drying up of trade finance. Much attention has focused on the impact of the crisis on goods trade; however literature on its impact on services trade is limited,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009267712
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Trade in services and human development : a first look at the links
Shepherd, Ben; Pasadilla, Gloria O. - 2011
Some services directly produce outputs that are important for human development, such as basic human services. Many other services are important inputs into the production and distribution of goods that are necessary for human development purposes. A more efficient services sector should mean...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008907792
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Trade and investment policies and regional economic integration in East Asia
Chia, Siow Yue - 2010
The global economic crisis has affected the East Asian economies via trade and investment. The export-led model which had been responsible for the "East Asian Miracle " now must redirect the basis of growth from exports sent to the US and Europe to regional and domestic demand. Regional trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003983207
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Services policies and manufacturing exports
Shepherd, Benjamin - 2018
This paper uses a structural gravity model to show the effects of services policies on manufacturing exports. Whereas the previous literature has focused on indirect effects of policies - flowing through productivity effects in domestic services markets - we look at direct effects, namely the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011949810
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Trade, global value chains, and small and medium-sized enterprises in Thailand : a firm-level panel analysis
Korwatanasakul, Upalat; Sasiwimon Warunsiri Paweenawat - 2020
This study assesses the determinants of global value chain (GVC) participation and the relationship between the degree of GVC participation and firms' performance. The main estimation method for both analyses is a panel fixed-effect regression employing unique panel firm-level data from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012219528