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Are trade preferences a Panacea? : the African Growth and Opportunity Act and African exports
Fernandes, Ana Margarida; Maemir, Hibret; Mattoo, Aaditya; … - 2019
Does "infant industry" preferential access durably boost export performance? This paper exploits significant trade policy changes in the United States around the turn of the 21st century to address this question. The expansion of Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) products for less...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012007994
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Is 3D printing a threat to global trade? : the trade effects you didn’t hear about : World Development Report 2020 background paper
Freund, Caroline L.; Mulabdic, Alen; Ruta, Michele - 2019
In the mid-2000s, the production of hearing aids shifted almost entirely to 3D printing. Using difference-in-differences and synthetic control methods, this paper examines the effects of this shift on trade flows. The analysis finds that trade increased roughly 60 percent following the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012121158
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The End of the Third World? : Modernizing Multilateralism for a Multipolar World
Zoellick, Robert B. - 2010
Robert B. Zoellick, President of the World Bank Group, spoke on the theme that we are now in a new, fast …-evolving multipolar world economy in which outdated classifications no longer fit. He discussed these topics: (i) the end of the third … world; (ii) multilateralism matters; (iii) new sources of demand; (iv) new poles of growth; (v) Africa as a potential pole …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012645149
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Trade Developments in 2016 : Policy Uncertainty Weighs on World Trade
Constantinescu, Cristina - 2017
This edition of Global Trade Watch addresses three questions concerning recent trade developments: What is happening? Why? Does it matter? 2016 is the fifth consecutive year of sluggish trade growth and the year with the weakest trade performance since the aftermath of the 2008 global financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012248262
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When elephants make peace : the impact of the China-U.S. trade agreement on developing countries
Freund, Caroline L.; Maliszewska, Maryla; Mattoo, Aaditya; … - 2020
-supplying neighbor, Mexico. Real incomes in the rest of world would decline by 0.16 percent and in China by 0.38 percent because of trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012230758
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Seeking Shared Prosperity through Trade
Cal�, Massimiliano - 2015
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012002696
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The Belt and Road Initiative : economic, poverty and environmental impacts
Maliszewska, Maryla; Van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique - 2019
China's Belt and Road Initiative aims to improve connectivity between China and more than 70 countries through infrastructure investment and regional cooperation. The initiative has the potential to accelerate significantly the rate of economic integration and development in the region, as trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012008384
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Trade linkages between the belt and road economies
Boffa, Mauro - 2018
This paper studies the production and trade linkages between a selected group of economies belonging to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). After defining a group of Belt and Road Economies, the paper uses three standard trade databases to analyze trade and production linkages among these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011871250
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011947471