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Trade Integration, Export Patterns, and Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
Calderón, César - 2020
This paper examines systematically the growth effects of trade integration in Sub-Saharan Africa. It complements and … trade share in Sub-Saharan Africa's gross domestic product would increase growth by 1.9 percentage points per year, while … accumulation. Finally, inter- and intra-regional trade have a positive impact on growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. Doubling inter …
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Regional Integration in South Asia : Implications for Green Growth, Female Labor Force Participation, and the Gender Wage Gap
Mani, Muthukumara - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012843338
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Regionalism and Trade Facilitation : A Primer
Maur, Jean-Christophe - 2008
This paper investigates when trade facilitation reform should be undertaken at the regional level. First, looking at both efficiency and implementation considerations, it confirms the perception that the regional dimension matters. Investigating where efficiency gains can be made, this research...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012773563
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GVC Participation and Deep Integration in Brazil
Hollweg, Claire Honore - 2018
The production of export goods has become increasingly unbundled, and countries positioning to become more integrated in the global economy are increasingly looking toward global value chains. This paper uses the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development/World Trade Organization's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012908041
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Comparison of Deep Regional Integration in the Melitz, Krugman and Armington Models : The Case of the Philippines in Rcep
Balistreri, Edward Jay - 2018
This paper estimates the impacts on The Philippines of deep integration in a modern mega-preferential trade agreement, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership. The paper assesses how the results differ with three versions of market structure: (i) perfect competition, Armington style; (ii)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012911011
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Regionalism in Services : A Study of ASEAN
Gootiiz, Batshur - 2017
Can regionalism do what multilateralism has so far failed to do?promote greater openness of services markets? Although previous research has pointed to the wider and deeper legal commitments under regional agreements as proof that it can, no previous study has assessed the impact of such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012970604
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Regional Integration and Technology Diffusion : The Case of the North America Free Trade Agreement
Schiff, Maurice - 2017
The literature on regional integration agreements (RIAs) is vast and deals with political, economic, and political economy issues. The literature on the economics of RIAs deals mostly with static effects, and concludes that these effects are, in general, ambiguous. So far there has been no...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971184
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How Much Could South Asia Benefit from Regional Electricity Cooperation and Trade?
Timilsina, Govinda R. - 2017
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971504
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Economic Effects of the Syrian War and the Spread of the Islamic State on the Levant
Ianchovichina, Elena - 2017
This paper uses a global computable general-equilibrium framework with new detail on six Levant countries -- the Arab Republic of Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, the Syrian Arab Republic, and Turkey -- to quantify the direct and indirect economic effects of the Syrian war and the advance of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012972401
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Reducing Trade Costs in East Africa : Deep Regional Integration and Multilateral Action
Balistreri, Edward J. - 2017
a more significant barrier to trade than tariffs, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper decomposes trade costs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012972682