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Trade Policies, Investment Climate and Exports
Seker, Murat - 2011
study investigates a possible reason that prevents convergence of countries in export performance. It shows that regulatory … quality, customs efficiency, quality of infrastructure, and access to finance among other factors increase export performance … convergence in export volumes with countries that have more liberal trade policies …
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Kenya Exports Performance Overview
World Bank - 2012
imbalances. Kenya needs to increase its export competitiveness. It is clear that Kenya's trade performance is below its potential … exports Kenya's future growth. This paper focuses on five issues: 1) overall trade orientation and export growth; 2 …) merchandise export trends; 3) merchandise exports by sector; 4) merchandise exports by destination; and 5) diversification. The …
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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...
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Policy uncertainty, trade, and global value chains : some facts, many questions
Constantinescu, Cristina; Mattoo, Aaditya; Ruta, Michele - 2019
This paper attempts to quantify the impact of economic policy uncertainty on overall trade and trade linked to global value chains. Using new data on policy uncertainty for 18 countries and 24 years, it finds a statistically significant negative impact of policy uncertainty on overall trade...
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Trade in developing East Asia : how it has changed and why it matters
Constantinescu, Cristina; Mattoo, Aaditya; Ruta, Michele - 2018
East Asia, for long the epitome of successful engagement in trade, faces serious challenges: technological change that may threaten the very model of labor intensive industrialization and a backlash against globalization that may reduce access to important markets. A detailed analysis of the...
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Trade and Investment Implications of Brexit
World Bank Group - 2016
The exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Brexit) may have a negative impact on trade and investment flows not just for the UK, but also for the countries with the largest exposure to the UK. The indirect impact of a Brexit-induced recession in the UK -may also be felt in the EU...
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Trade : The Missing Link to Opportunity
Wolfowitz, Paul - 2005
Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank, argued that the Doha Round presents an opportunity to rewrite the rules of an unfair trading system that holds back the potential of the poorest people. As important as aid is, as important as debt relief is, the opportunities generated by trade are...
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Global Trade Watch 2017 : Trade Defies Policy Uncertainty-Will It Last?
Constantinescu, Cristina - 2018
Trade rebounded in 2017, with trade volume growing at 4.3 percent in 2017 - the fastest rate in 6 years. The recovery of trade is not limited to a few regions but is widespread, suggesting that we may be at a turning point. The largest contributions to global trade growth have come from East...
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Connecting to Compete 2018 : Trade Logistics in the Global Economy
Arvis, Jean-Francois - 2018
This is the sixth edition of Connecting to Compete, a report summarizing the findings from the new dataset for the Logistics Performance Index (LPI) and its component indicators. The 2018 LPI also provides expanded data on supply chain performance and constraints in more than 100 countries,...
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Global Trade Watch 2018 : Trade Amid Tensions
Constantinescu, Cristina - 2019
Global trade growth slowed in 2018 amid a weakening of economic growth in China and the Euro Area and rising trade protectionism. The volume of trade grew by 3.8 percent, down from 5.4 percent in 2017, but has shown signs of reviving in the first quarter of 2019. However, the U.S. tariff...
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