High levels of trade costs persist in the world trading system, despite recent progress in tariff reduction, trade …

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 …

These remarks were delivered by David Malpass, President of the World Bank Group, at the G20 Leaders Summit held in … realizing inclusive and sustainable growth around the world, and how addressing these requires jobs, education, healthcare …

represented 83 percent of the world's population and 91 percent of the world's GDP in 2013. It addresses the following five … setting trade policy? Finally, how liberalized is world trade? The analysis documents the extent of cross … concludes that substantial trade policy barriers remain as an important feature of the world economy …

This paper analyzes the economic effects of agricultural price and merchandise trade policies around the world as of … in the use of unskilled labor)? Results are presented for the key countries and regions of the world and for the world as …

Recent work on China's accession to the World Trade Organizations pays little attention to the wave of reforms in China …

current system of commitments boosts trade by between 10 and 30 percent, compared with a world where at any moment tariffs …

Recent literature has shown evidence of positive contributions of export promotion agencies around the world in raising … their products. This paper describes the characteristics of export promotion agencies around the world, using a novel … database from the World Bank, in collaboration with the International Trade Center in Geneva, covering 2005-10. In addition, it …