and the WTO Secretariat, which builds on a database developed by the World Bank nearly ten years ago and draws on a recent … analysis of their impact. This paper describes the Services Trade Policy Database (STPD), a joint initiative by the World Bank … classification, consistent with both the earlier World Bank database and the current OECD database, enabling for the first time a …

This paper describes the Services Trade Policy Database, a joint initiative by the World Bank and the World Trade … Organization Secretariat, which builds on a database developed by the World Bank nearly 10 years ago and draws on a recent … are collected according to a newly developed policy classification, consistent with the earlier World Bank database and …

-supplying neighbor, Mexico. Real incomes in the rest of world would decline by 0.16 percent and in China by 0.38 percent because of trade …Should the China-U.S. trade agreement prompt relief because it averts a damaging trade war or concern because selective … preferential access for the United States to China's markets breaks multilateral rules against discrimination? The answer depends …

on a new World Bank-World Trade Organization Services Trade Policy Database. The paper analyzes the services trade …

-2018 may have caused a 1 percentage point decline in world trade growth. The paper also finds that the impact of policy …

new World Bank-WTO Services Trade Policy Database (STPD) to analyse the services trade policies of 68 economies in 23 …

Does "infant industry" preferential access durably boost export performance? This paper exploits significant trade … whether preferential access boosts exports of eligible products in general and apparel specifically. The end of the Multi …-Fiber Arrangement (MFA) in 2005 is used to assess whether apparel export expansions survived the erosion of preferences. To find a …

Does "infant industry" preferential access durably boost export performance? This paper exploits significant trade … and Opportunity Act (AGOA) in 2001 is used to assess whether preferential access boosts exports of eligible products in … expansion in apparel exports survived the erosion of preferences. To find a causal impact of these changes on exports to the …