The literature on the effect of Aid for Trade (AfT) has shown that AfT flows can be associated with greater export product diversification in recipient-countries. However, the import product diversification effect of AfT interventions has received scant attention in this literature. The present...

In this paper, we investigate 'at the aggregate level', the effect of tariff volatility on tariff rates, using three groups of products, including 'all products', 'manufactured products' and 'primary products', and a large panel dataset covering 163 countries over the period 1995-2017. Results,...

The international policy discourse, for example by the World Trade Organization and the United Nations, has emphasized the critical role of productive capacities in promoting sustainable development and building economic resilience in developing countries. This paper has examined whether...

This article has examined the effect of the duration of the membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO) on the submission of trademarks by countries' residents. The analysis has used an unbalanced sample of 124 countries (including developed and developing countries), and primarily the...

This article investigates empirically the effect of aid for trade policies and regulations on the volatility of tariffs in the recipient countries. The analysis has used an unbalanced panel dataset of 107 countries over the period from 2002 to 2015. The empirical results, based on the two-step...

This article investigates empirically the interaction between countries' Comparative Advantage Following (CAF) development strategy and Aid for Trade (AfT ) interventions in influencing the extent of structural change in production. Based on the Generalized Methods of Moments and an unbalanced...

At the second conference of the UNCTAD in 1968, member states adopted a Resolution (Resolution 21(ii)) which stated, inter alia, that the offer of the non-reciprocal trade preferences (NRTPs) by wealthier countries to developing countries should aim to increase the export earnings of developing...

The present article investigates empirically whether non-reciprocal trade preferences (NRTPs) offered by QUAD countries (Canada, the European Union, Japan, and the United States) to developing countries have helped to promote economic growth in the beneficiary countries. Two main blocks of NRTPs...

The few existing studies on the effect of Aid for Trade (AfT) flows on economic complexity have reached inconclusive outcomes. The present analysis re-examines this issue through the lens of the concept of 'quality of AfT flows' that takes into account not only the amount of AfT flows, but also...

There is an abundant literature on the economic (including trade) effects of Aid for Trade (AfT) flows. However, little attention has been devoted to the effect of AfT flows on demand for technology. The present article aims to fill this void in the literature by investigating the effect of AfT...