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This paper explores the economic implications of a potential free trade agreement between India and the United States … cuts for services. The overall impacts are likely to be positive for the United States and India. While gains from trade … initial protection in India is particularly high. India would experience an expansion of exports and output, especially in …
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India and Pakistan, the two largest economies in South Asia, share a common border, culture and history. Despite the … than half a percent of India's total trade, whereas Pakistan's trade with India was 5.4 percent of its total trade. However …, the recent thaw in India-Pakistan trade relations could signal a change. Pakistan has agreed to grant most favored nation …
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The primary objective of this study is to analyze the impact on Bangladesh of increased market access in India, both … within a static production structure and also identifying dynamic gains. The study shows that Bangladesh and India would both … India by 182 percent, and nearly 300 percent if transaction costs were also reduced through improved connectivity. These …
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Although both China and India are labor-abundant and dependant on manufactures, their export mixes are very different … twice as important for India as for China, which is much better integrated into global production networks. Even assuming … India also begins to integrate into global production chains and expands exports of manufactures, there seems to be …
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The authors examine the trade policy response of Latin American governments to the rapid growth of China and India in … between domestically produced goods and Chinese goods, whereas lower levels of protection toward goods imported from India can …
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For many in Latin America, the increasing participation of China and India in international markets is seen as a … and India on Argentina's industrial employment. They use a dynamic econometric model and industry level data to estimate … the effects of trade with China and India on the level of employment in Argentina's manufacturing sector. Results suggest …
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This paper studies the relationship between the growth of China and India in world merchandise trade and Latin American … and Caribbean commercial flows from two perspectives. First, the authors focus on the opportunity that China and India … and Caribbean exports of non-fuel merchandise. In general, China's and to a large extent India's growing presence in world …
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This paper describes the methodology for a new World Bank Human Capital Index (HCI). The HCI combines indicators of …
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This paper studies channels through which well-known benchmark indexes impact asset allocations and capital flows across countries. The study uses unique monthly micro-level data of benchmark compositions and mutual fund investments during 1996-2012. Benchmarks have important effects on equity...
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major hazards change over the coming decades? This paper develops a global urban disaster risk index that evaluates the …, and landslides, single hazard risk indices are developed. In addition, a multi-hazard index gives a holistic picture of …
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