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Trade as a Vehicle for Growth in Afghanistan : Challenges and Opportunities

Rocha, Nadia - 2017

With further declines in international assistance expected over the coming years, the government of Afghanistan faces a new challenge of enabling new growth drivers. One such driver is trade. Decades of civil war and military occupation that culminated in the fall of the Taliban in 2001, have...

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Pakistan : Unlocking Private Sector Growth through Increased Trade and Investment Competitiveness

Rocha, Nadia - 2018

Evidence suggests that Pakistan has the potential for much faster and more diversified economic growth. Energizing trade can help Pakistan to realize its growth potential. Pakistan's inward-oriented trade policies have had the effect of stalling Pakistan's integration into regional and global...

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GVC participation and deep integration in Brazil

Hollweg, Claire H.; Rocha, Nadia - 2018

Co-operation and Development/World Trade Organization's Trade in Value Added Database to assess Brazil's current …

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Trade effects of the New Silk Road : a gravity analysis

Baniya, Suprabha; Rocha, Nadia; Ruta, Michele - 2019

This paper takes a first look at the trade effects of China's Belt and Road Initiative, also referred to as the New Silk Road, on the 71 countries potentially involved. The initiative consists of several infrastructure investment projects to improve the land and maritime transportation in the...

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Covid-19 and food protectionism : the impact of the pandemic and export restrictions on world food markets

Espitia, Alvaro; Rocha, Nadia; Ruta, Michele - 2020

This paper analyzes the impact of Covid-19 and uncooperative trade policies on world food markets. It quantifies the … percent on average. Escalating export restrictions would multiply the initial shock by a factor of 3, with world food prices …

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The evolution of deep trade agreements

Mattoo, Aaditya; Rocha, Nadia; Ruta, Michele - 2020

This paper presents new data on the content of preferential trade agreements. The data contain detailed information on the 18 policy areas most frequently covered in preferential trade agreements, focusing on the stated objectives, substantive commitments, and other aspects such as transparency,...

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Trade and female labor participation : stylized facts using a global dataset

Rocha, Nadia; Winkler, Deborah - 2019

Using a cross-section of more than 29,000 manufacturing firms in 64 developing and emerging countries from the World …

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How preferential is preferential trade?

Espitia, Alvaro; Mattoo, Aaditya; Mimouni, Mondher; … - 2018

World trade is increasingly ruled by preferential trade agreements (PTAs), but their precise nature remains relatively … Trade Center and the World Bank. The data set covers 5,203 products, 199 reporters, and 239 partners, representing … approximately 97 percent of world imports in 2016. There are three main findings. First, PTAs have significantly widened the scope …

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Deep trade agreements and global value chains

Laget, Edith; Osnago, Alberto; Rocha, Nadia; Ruta, Michele - 2018

, but the impact varies by income group. Provisions outside the current mandate of the World Trade Organization (investment … under the current World Trade Organization mandate (tariff reduction and customs facilitation) drive the effect of trade …

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How much will the Belt and Road Initiative reduce trade costs?

Soyres, François de; Mulabdic, Alen; Murray, Siobhan; … - 2018

shipment times and trade costs. For the world, the average reduction in shipment time will range between 1.2 and 2.5 percent …

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