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Bhutan's Integration with the Global Economy : International Investment Treaties and Conventions

World Bank Group - 2019

In this context, Bhutan can become wealthier through accelerating both domestic and foreign investment, as well as signing investment treaties. These investments could provide not just capital but also bring necessary skills, knowledge and ideas, and help the country move beyond hydropower....

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Strengthening Argentina's Integration into the Global Economy : Policy Proposals for Trade, Investment, and Competition

Licetti, Martha Martinez - 2018

Integration into global markets can improve the efficiency of the Argentinian economy, providing opportunities for private investment to flourish and for the associated benefits to accrue to consumers. Among many policies that are important for integrating into the global economy, particularly...

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A Challenge of Economic Statecraft

Zoellick, Robert B. - 2008

The World Bank Group has sketched six strategic themes to alert us to necessities and opportunities as Fate hurries … the Arab world; and continually upgrading our knowledge and learning.The challenge is to take practical steps, now, that …

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Political Economy of Anglo-French Trade, 1689-1899 : Agricultural Trade Policies, Alcohol Taxes, and War

Nye, John V. C. - 2009

Britain contrary to received wisdom was not a free trader for most of the 1800s and, despite repeal of the Corn Laws, continued to have higher tariffs than the French until the last quarter of the century. War with Louis fourteenth from 1689 led to the end of all trade between Britain and France...

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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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An empirical investigation of trade diversion and global value chains : World Development Report 2020 : background paper

Soyres, François de; Maire, Julien; Sublet, Guillaume - 2019

Rules of Origin as an implicit trade barrier for imports from the rest of the world. Global Value Chains are most relevant …

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Can taxes help ensure a fair globalization?

Adjognon, Guigonan Serge; Soest, Daniël Pieter van; … - 2019

This paper analyzes whether taxation can be successfully used to reduce the incidence of labor informality and achieve higher equality in a globalized economy. To this purpose, it develops a two-area model: a developed country and an emerging country. The two areas differ according to the size...

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Financial Globalization : A Glass Half Empty?

Abraham, Facundo - 2017

Since the 1970s, the world has embarked on a new financial globalization era. Cross-country capital flows have … significantly increased in developed and developing countries. However, the characteristics of financial globalization differ from … financial globalization (such as additional funding, broad diversification, and deeper financial systems), the positive effects …

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Philippines Quarterly Update, June 2010 : The Recovery Continues Despite Global Financial Turbulence

World Bank - 2010

accommodative. A World Bank study of Philippines migration pattern during the global recession reveals that deployment of overseas … were not as affected as the rest of the world. The most affected OFWs were males, production workers (especially …

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The extent of GVC engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa

Van Biesebroeck, Johannes; Mensah, Emmanuel Buadi - 2019

This paper exploits information from two different datasets to provide a novel and multi-dimensional picture of the engagement of all sub-Saharan African countries in global value chains (GVCs). It documents in detail the nature of the underlying data and the way it is used to construct several...

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