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From Evidence to Policy Supporting Nepal's Trade Integration Strategy : Designing Institutions to Promote Trade and Investment in Nepal
Gomez Mera, Laura - 2016
As a small, landlocked economy, Nepal's development prospects are closely tied to its ability to increase integration in the regional and global marketplace. Despite significant changes in Nepal's trade sector over the past decade, the country's export performance has remained poor, with exports...
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Trade facilitation in services : a conceptual and empirical analysis
Gillson, Ian; Molinuevo, Martín; Sáez, Sebastián - 2020
, transparency), and (iii) boosting the efficiency of governance structures for regulators that set policies affecting trade in …
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Trade facilitation in services : concepts and empirical importance
Van der Marel, Erik; Shepherd, Ben - 2020
focuses on the role of governance structures, institutions, and transparency in shaping the environment for trading in … transparency are larger relative to measures of sheer policy restrictiveness, frequently a significant multiple. The paper also … - specifically those stemming from areas where improvement is needed in governance, institutions, and transparency - could …
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The Lao Trade Story : Implementing Trade Policy and Trade Facilitation Reforms in Lao PDR
World Bank Group - 2016
level of government transparency. Customs operations are nearly fully automated and border clearance times have been …
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From Evidence to Policy Supporting Nepal's Trade Integration Strategy : Assessment of the Impact of the Cash Incentive to Promote Export Diversification in Nepal
Pazzini, Aldo - 2016
In 2010 or 2011, Nepal set up a cash incentive scheme for exporters aimed at reducing its trade deficit and vulnerability to external shocks, by promoting export growth and diversification for its firms. The Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice has been partnering with the Government of...
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Belarus : Enhancing Border-Crossing Time Release Studies to Support Trade Facilitation Reforms
Gabrielyan, Gagik - 2017
goal of reducing the number of agencies at the border to only two, namely Customs and the Border Police. Belarus's efforts … (BCTR study) was designed by the two WBG project teams, and implemented in close cooperation with the State Customs …
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Using courts to realize education rights : reflections from India and Indonesia : background paper to the 2018 World Development Report
Rosser, Andrew; Joshi, Anuradha - 2018
This paper examines the role of courts in promoting fulfillment of the right to education in developing country democracies, focusing on India and Indonesia-two countries that have experienced increased education rights litigation in recent years. The paper argues that this litigation has been...
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The evolution of deep trade agreements
Mattoo, Aaditya; Rocha, Nadia; Ruta, Michele - 2020
, substantive commitments, and other aspects such as transparency, procedures, and enforcement. Several new stylized facts emerge …
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Regional integration in South Asia : implications for green growth, female labor force participation, and the gender wage gap
Mani, Muthukumara S.; Narayanan, Badri; Wadhwa, Deepika - 2020
The study aims to provide insights to policy makers in measuring the impact of trade liberalization and regional integration measures on gender employment and wages. The study incorporates gender-differentiated employment and wages for selected South Asian economies across sectors to identify...
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