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Recent theoretical literature suggests that aid, geography, and resource endowments affect diversification of exports … African countries. The evidence suggests that aid, the quality of infrastructure, and resource endowments are robust … determinants of diversification in Africa. It also suggests that there is no systematic relationship between geography and …
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Several authors are of the view that aid, geography, education and resource endowments affect export diversification in … Africa. This paper examined the association between these variables. It found that an increase in aid or geographic distance … from markets is associated with less diversification. It also found that there is no co-movement between diversification …
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A diverse group of concerned citizens from around the world (including former government officials and leading economists) met at Columbia University on February 9 2007, under the sponsorship of the Initiative of Policy Dialogue, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, and Erlassjahr, to consider the...
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The paper surveys the interactions between aid and trade, distinguishing between policies and outcomes as well as … between various instruments. It first discusses the theoretical literature, focusing on the causal impact of aid on the …
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internationalization and economic diversification among Pakistan's private businesses. A related structural reason for these predicaments …+ and related trade diversification programs signify the most significant parts of the EU-Pakistani partnership, and mirror …
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At the 1996 World Food Summit it was agreed to promote triangular food aid operations in order to fight world hunger … some theoretical justification, but both triangular and local purchases can be good food aid delivery modes. Food aid … adopts good practices, while Denmark and the US offer examples of bad food aid practices. …
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While exports of clothing from Africa to the United States responded impressively to the preferences they were granted … trade models and predicts that, in equilibrium, the MFA encouraged exports of low quality and low value added products by … changes in the value-added and fabric intensity of AGOA apparel exports in response to the ending of the MFA in January 2005 …
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The textiles and garments (T&G) sector accounts for almost 50% of Pakistan’s exports and is the largest component of …’s exports. In addition, garments manufacturing is the least energy and capital intensive industrial activity and thus resonates …. This paper focuses on the following themes: First, structural changes and trends in T&G exports; second, the associated …
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There is a stark contrast between the ambitious investment promotion efforts of many least developed countries (LDCs) and their often minimal commitments under the General Agreement on Trade in Service (GATS). At a time of urgent need to address domestic infrastructure and investment gaps, this...
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diversification initiatives. Although often neglected as a serious policy option - and consequently most of its potential still …-sectoral linkages. Taking export diversification, employment generation and the green economy in turn, the working paper analyzes …
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