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The Dominican Republic; Stabilization, Structural Reform, and Economic Growth
Cardoso, Jaime; Young, Philip M. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005590873
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Export Restrictions on Strategic Raw Materials and Their Impact on Trade
Korinek, Jane; Kim, Jeonghoi - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2010
Barriers to trade come in a variety of forms. This paper examines one such barrier, export restrictions, and how it impacts trade and global supply in selected strategic metals and minerals. The metals and minerals examined in the paper are of particular interest for a number of reasons: they...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008542444
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Multilateralising Regionalism: Disciplines on Export Restrictions in Regional Trade Agreements
Korinek, Jane; Bartos, Jessica - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2012
The proliferation of preferential trade agreements has posed challenges for the multilateral trading system. But regional trade agreements (RTAs) also allow countries to develop and strengthen trade disciplines beyond what is possible at the multilateral level. In some instances, RTAs explore...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277109
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Chile; Institutions and Policies Underpinning Stability and Growth
Kalter, Eliot; Phillips, Steven; Singh, Manmohan; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
This paper presents the primary institutions and economic policies that have led to Chile’s remarkable record of stability and growth over the past twenty years. The core of this policy stance is the combination of fiscal discipline and an open trade policy regime, together with carefully...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005767351
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Taking Stock of Measures Restricting the Export of Raw Materials: Analysis of OECD Inventory Data
Fliess, Barbara; Mård, Tarja - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2012
the Inventory research, about policy transparency. What information about use of export restrictions do governments …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277105
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Central African Economic and Monetary Community; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
The creation, in 1994, of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) customs union was a major step in the regional integration process in central Africa. The implementation of the agreed regime by the member countries, however, has remained unsatisfactory. A 2002–03...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245384
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Trade and the Crisis; Protect or Recover
Saito, Mika; Henn, Christian; Gregory, Rob; McDonald, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
The pace of trade reforms waned from the mid-2000s as protectionist sentiment began to increase. With the onset of the global financial crisis, reform progress not only halted but began to reverse. As we show in this note, new trade restrictions have had—in the limited products they...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245865
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Transparency of Export Restrictions: A Checklist Promoting Good Practice
Fliess, Barbara - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2014
place conditions on exporting is on the rise. Transparency can help mitigate the negative effects of export restrictions by … develops a checklist of good practice in transparency which can serve as a tool for self-evaluation by governments and for … promoting better and more consistent transparency practices in this area. The items of the checklist are drawn from norms and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277118
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China's Foreign Trade Behavior in the 1980's; An Empirical Analysis
Brender, Adi - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 1992
This paper studies the behavior of China’s foreign trade in the 1980s. Chinese customs data are used to construct, for the first time, quarterly unit value and volume series that are then used to estimate foreign trade income and price elasticities. The estimated export supply price...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005264077
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Rwanda; Recent Economic Developments
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2000
The government of Rwanda has recognized that economic development in most areas would have to be the responsibility of the private sector (particularly since military and civil service employment would be reduced), but that the public sector could still have a role in promoting economic equality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005591453