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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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The South Asia region is lagging behind many regions in the world in regional electricity cooperation and trading, despite the huge anticipated benefits. This study uses an electricity planning model that produces optimal expansion of electricity generation capacities and transmission...
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South Asian countries, facing challenges in efficiently meeting growing electricity demand, can benefit from increased cross-border electricity cooperation and trade by harnessing complementarities in electricity demand patterns, diversity in resource endowments for power generation, and gains...
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This paper analyzes firm growth patterns in South Asia, using establishment level data from an Interim Enterprise Survey. The survey was conducted by the World Bank in 2009 and 2010 and covers seven countries in the region. The first finding suggests that size in the base year gains importance...
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The Belt and Road Initiative seeks to deepen China's international integration by improving infrastructure and strengthening trade and investment linkages with countries along the old Silk Road, thereby linking it to Europe. This paper uses detailed bilateral trade data for 1995-2015 to assess...
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in India, declining an average of 0.6 percent (sugar) and 0.3 percent (cane) a year. During the same 29 years the free … market price of sugar fluctuated widely (expressed in India rupees) but in real terms increased about 1.3 percent a year … sugar prices of US 13-15 cents a pound or higher, India's domestic prices were roughly equivalent to, or below, world …
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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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