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The World Bank Group Trade Strategy: Fit for Purpose?
Hoekman, Bernard M. - Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS), … - 2013
In 2011 the World Bank Group (WBG) issued a new trade strategy. This identifies the primary axes for WBG engagement and … countries to integrate further into the world economy and to benefit from global trade opportunities. This paper briefly … view that the strategy neglects to prioritize trade liberalization and as a result is less effective. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010721536
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The World Bank Group Trade Strategy: Fit for Purpose?
Hoekman, Bernard M. - Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS), … - 2013
In 2011 the World Bank Group (WBG) issued a new trade strategy. This identifies the primary axes for WBG engagement and … countries to integrate further into the world economy and to benefit from global trade opportunities. This paper briefly … view that the strategy neglects to prioritize trade liberalization and as a result is less effective. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010718043
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Who profits from trade facilitation initiatives?
Hoekman, Bernard M.; Shepherd, Ben - 2013
Extensive research has demonstrated the existence of large potential welfare gains from trade facilitation - measures … how those benefits are distributed across and within nations. After discussing the possible impacts of trade facilitation … benefit from trade facilitation. We find that firms of all sizes export more in response to improved trade facilitation. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010127883
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Winners and losers in the panel stage of the WTO dispute settlement system
Hoekman, Bernard M. (contributor); Horn, Henrik (contributor) - 2008
A significant body of research has sought to examine claims that developing countries are underrepresented as complainants, and/or over-represented as respondents in the WTO dispute settlement system. Most of this literature has focused on their propensity to participate, the idea being that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003757010
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Preference erosion and multilateral trade liberalization
Francois, Joseph F.; Hoekman, Bernard M.; Manchin, Miriam - 2005
countries, trade preferences haveproven a stumbling block to developing country support for multilateral liberalization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346487
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Trade effects of non-economic provisions in trade agreements
Hoekman, Bernard M.; Santi, Filippo; Shingal, Anirudh - In: Economics letters 226 (2023), pp. 1-4
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014312490
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Trade in services: Opening markets to create opportunities
Hoekman, Bernard M. - 2017
This paper reviews the role of services in development and growth, the potential role of trade in services as a driver … domestic trade costs. Barriers to trade in services have direct as well as indirect effects on cross-border trade and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011654022
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Trade in services : opening markets to create opportunities
Hoekman, Bernard M. - 2017
This paper reviews the role of services in development and growth, the potential role of trade in services as a driver … domestic trade costs. Barriers to trade in services have direct as well as indirect effects on cross-border trade and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596956
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Who profits from trade facilitation initiatives? : implications for African countries
Hoekman, Bernard M.; Shepherd, Benjamin - In: Journal of African trade : official journal of the … 2 (2015) 1/2, pp. 51-70
Extensive research has demonstrated the existence of large potential welfare gains from measures to facilitate trade … - reduce trade costs - for African countries in particular. However, concerns have been expressed by policymakers regarding the … distribution of the benefits and costs of trade facilitation. We use firm-level data for a large number of developing countries, in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011845326
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WTO 'à la carte' or WTO 'menu du jour'? Assessing the case for Plurilateral Agreements
Hoekman, Bernard M.; Mavroidis, Petros C. - Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS), … - 2013
of features with preferential trade agreements (PTAs) that are increasingly used by governments to liberalize trade in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010857559