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(LCDs), which Myanmar joined in April 2013, the Government of Myanmar has asked the World Bank Group (WBG) to be the …
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This paper provides an assessment of the trade performance of Western Balkan (WB) countries with the European Union (EU) countries. The particular focus is on Bosnia and Herzegovina's (BiH) trade potential and an estimation of the effects of the Agreement on Amendment of and Accession to the...
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markets through a) better trade logistics to reduce delivery lags ; as world markets become more competitive and newer …
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This paper examines systematically the growth effects of trade integration in Sub-Saharan Africa. It complements and improves upon the empirical literature in two aspects: first, it jointly estimates the impact of different dimensions of trade integration, namely, trade volumes, export/trade...
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may threaten the very model of labor intensive industrialization and a backlash against globalization that may reduce …
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How do global supply chain linkages modify countries' incentives to impose import protection? Are these linkages empirically important determinants of trade policy? To address these questions, this paper introduces supply chain linkages into a workhorse terms-of-trade model of trade policy with...
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High levels of trade costs persist in the world trading system, despite recent progress in tariff reduction, trade …
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The initial hours and days after a humanitarian emergency are generally seen as the most important. Because they affect the rapid deployment of relief to people in need, international trade policies, and the way in which they are implemented, can make an enormous difference to the effectiveness...
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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 …
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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 …
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