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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...
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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 Lao Trade Story : Implementing Trade Policy and Trade Facilitation Reforms in Lao PDR
World Bank Group - 2016
In 2015, Lao PDR is virtually unrecognizable from what it was just a decade ago. A more open, more outward trade landscape has transformed the country from a closed-off backwater into a fast-growing developing country, complete with coffee shops, restaurants, and billboards lining the streets of...
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644508
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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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Belarus : Enhancing Border-Crossing Time Release Studies to Support Trade Facilitation Reforms
Gabrielyan, Gagik - 2017
Belarus is a member of Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), bordering three European Union (EU) countries (Poland,Lithuania and Latvia), Ukraine and Russia. As such, the country is strategically located for international transit trade. With the aim of boosting the country's transit role, the...
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Vietnam : Deepening International Integration and Implementing the EVFTA
World Bank Group - 2020
Following from Vietnam's ratification of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership … Union-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and its subsequent planned ratification by the National Assembly in May 2020 …, Vietnam has further demonstrated its determination to be a modern, competitive, open economy. As the COVID-19 (Coronavirus …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012647131
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Exploring the heterogeneous effects of export promotion
Olarreaga, Marcelo; Sperlich, Stefan; Trachsel, Virginie - 2019
and Vietnam to 0.22 percent in Portugal. Returns in terms of GDP per capita show less heterogeneity, varying from 0.05 in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022341
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Are trade preferences a Panacea? : the African Growth and Opportunity Act and African exports
Fernandes, Ana Margarida; Maemir, Hibret; Mattoo, Aaditya; … - 2019
Does "infant industry" preferential access durably boost export performance? This paper exploits significant trade policy changes in the United States around the turn of the 21st century to address this question. The expansion of Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) products for less...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012007994