With the success of the World Trade Organization and its predecessor, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, in … literature on non-tariff measures in the world trading system. It provides a set of stylized facts based on available data on non … measures in the trade literature with a focus on the rules and institutions that govern non-tariff measures in the world …

The World Trade Organization has been until recently an effective framework for cooperation because it has continually … mechanism that has driven the World Trade Organization process to previous successes. The second is new restraints on …

Bureaucratic reform is a priority of donor organizations, including the World Bank, but is notoriously difficult to … robust support for this argument. From a sample of 439 World Bank public sector reform loans in 109 countries, the paper …

"Ecosystem services" has become a catch-phrase for the complex connections between the natural environment and human … near term. This perception can make policymakers reluctant to support environmental protection. Where the environment is a …

rates of rural poverty, but also are some of the poorest countries in the world today. Policies to eradicate poverty …