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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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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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Trade facilitation in services : a conceptual and empirical analysis
Gillson, Ian; Molinuevo, Martín; Sáez, Sebastián - 2020
Beyond their key contribution to value chains in all sectors, services represent a centrally important source of economic and export diversification. This paper discusses how to promote trade in services as a channel for growth, employment, and diversification by assessing services trade costs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012241113
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Trade facilitation in services : concepts and empirical importance
Van der Marel, Erik; Shepherd, Ben - 2020
This paper examines the concept of trade facilitation in services from the perspective of the recent literature on the determinants of services trade. The aim is to conceptualize trade facilitation in this area as a dimension of international integration beyond the baseline restrictiveness of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012241116
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The drivers of firms’ compliance to environmental regulations : the case of India
Franco-Bedoya, Sebastian; Mani, Muthukumara S. - 2020
were to scale up their inspections. In this paper, extensive firm-level data from India are used to compare the compliance … with air and water pollution. Finally, the paper examines whether environmental monitoring through inspections leads to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012390654
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Seaweed Aquaculture for Food Security, Income Generation and Environmental Health in Tropical Developing Countries
World Bank Group - 2016
from biological materials andconvert them into products such as food, animal feedand bioenergy. In a post-fossil-fuel world …
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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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Trading for Results : Realizing the Promise of Doha
Wolfowitz, Paul - 2005
Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank, complimented the impressive work of agencies like the Japan International … Cooperation Agency and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation. Japan is a big player everywhere in the world. The World Bank …
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Address to the GATT Ministerial Meeting
Conable, Barber B. - 1986
Barber B. Conable, President of the World Bank and International Finance Corporation addressed the topic of the … outlook for trade and, indeed, for the world economy. He discusses that export development in the developing countries is not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012645657
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Global Trade Watch 2018 : Trade Amid Tensions
Constantinescu, Cristina - 2019
. Trade policy developments are mixed. Restrictive trade measures imposed during 2018 affected 3.8 percent of world …-for-tat tariffs between the United States and China alone affected 2.0 percent of world merchandise trade in 2018. Ongoing trade … a multilateral approach and World Trade Organization reforms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012646423