Comprehensively explores the complex relationships between trade and economic performance in developing countries …, illustrating that it is not trade per se that is important but the context, at the firm, country and regional level, in which trade …

regional level, in which trade occurs. The Handbook on Trade and Development provides a review of the current understanding of …. Chapters on Latin America include the role of imported technology; exchange rates; export diversification; FDI; and firm …This timely Handbook comprehensively explores the complex relationships between trade and economic performance in …

The direct effects of EPAs on ACP countries arise from the requirement to eliminate tariffs on most imports from the EU …. While consumers gain from cheaper imports, the government losses tariff revenue and producers face increased completion … eliminating tariffs on imports from the EU under an EPA, and discusses the associated adjustment costs. Although the ACP overall …

The paper explores the trade competitiveness of seven major shrimp exporting countries, namely Vietnam, China, Thailand …

Measures to actively facilitate trade are increasingly seen as essential to assist developing countries in expanding … trade and benefiting from globalisation. Although often viewed as narrowly concerned with the ease and speed of Customs … procedures, even greater trade cost reductions and trade and welfare benefits may be reaped from a broader view of trade …